Part of Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages in Brittany, France
Brignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (French pronunciation: [bʁiɲogɑ̃ plaʒ]; Breton: Brignogan) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.[2]
Brignogan is 32 kilometres from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.
Climate
Brignogan-Plages has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Brignogan-Plages is 12.1 °C (53.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 908.0 mm (35.75 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 14.1 °C (57.4 °F), and lowest in February, at around 7.9 °C (46.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Brignogan-Plages was 32.6 °C (90.7 °F) on 2 August 1990; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Brignogan-Plages (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1982−2018)
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| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
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Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
17.9
(64.2)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
24.0
(75.2)
|
24.5
(76.1)
|
29.1
(84.4)
|
32.0
(89.6)
|
30.4
(86.7)
|
32.6
(90.7)
|
30.3
(86.5)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
32.6
(90.7)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
11.6
(52.9)
|
12.7
(54.9)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
17.4
(63.3)
|
19.2
(66.6)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
18.3
(64.9)
|
16.0
(60.8)
|
12.8
(55.0)
|
10.8
(51.4)
|
14.5
(58.1)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
7.9
(46.2)
|
7.9
(46.2)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
10.2
(50.4)
|
12.6
(54.7)
|
14.9
(58.8)
|
16.6
(61.9)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
13.4
(56.1)
|
10.5
(50.9)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
5.7
(42.3)
|
5.6
(42.1)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
7.6
(45.7)
|
10.2
(50.4)
|
12.4
(54.3)
|
14.0
(57.2)
|
14.1
(57.4)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
10.9
(51.6)
|
8.3
(46.9)
|
6.4
(43.5)
|
9.6
(49.3)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−7.0
(19.4)
|
−5.0
(23.0)
|
−1.7
(28.9)
|
1.2
(34.2)
|
3.1
(37.6)
|
5.6
(42.1)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
8.8
(47.8)
|
7.0
(44.6)
|
1.1
(34.0)
|
−0.5
(31.1)
|
−3.4
(25.9)
|
−7.0
(19.4)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
107.8
(4.24)
|
86.1
(3.39)
|
69.8
(2.75)
|
66.3
(2.61)
|
61.4
(2.42)
|
43.2
(1.70)
|
48.5
(1.91)
|
50.8
(2.00)
|
56.7
(2.23)
|
99.8
(3.93)
|
104.2
(4.10)
|
113.4
(4.46)
|
908.0
(35.75)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
16.7
|
13.3
|
12.4
|
12.0
|
10.1
|
7.8
|
8.2
|
8.7
|
8.9
|
13.6
|
16.1
|
16.4
|
144.2
|
| Source: Météo France[3]
|
Population
Inhabitants of Brignogan-Plages are called Brignoganais in French.
See also
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