Editing Brest, France (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Topographie de brest.jpg|200px|thumb|Topography of Brest]]
[[File:Brest.png|thumb|left|Brest and the surrounding area]]
Brest is located amidst a dramatic landscape near the entrance of the natural ''[[rade de Brest]]'' (Brest roadstead), at the west end of Brittany.

It is situated to the north of a magnificent landlocked bay, and occupies the slopes of two hills divided by the river Penfeld. The part of the town on the left bank is regarded as Brest proper, while the part on the right is known as [[Recouvrance, Brest|Recouvrance]]. There are also extensive suburbs to the east of the town. The hillsides are in some places so steep that the ascent from the lower to the upper town has to be effected by flights of steps and the second or third storey of one house is often on a level with the ground storey of the next.

===Climate===
Brest experiences an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb''). As a result of maritime moderation, Brest has cool summers by French standards, July afternoons are cooler than the norm in Western Europe. Rainfall is common year-round, but snowfall is a rarer occurrence since temperatures usually remain several degrees above freezing during winter nights.

An extreme temperature of {{convert|39.3|C|F}} was recorded on [[2022 European heat waves|18 July 2022]].

{{Weather box
|location = Brest <small>([[Brest Bretagne Airport|Bretagne Airport]], altitude 94m, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1855–present)</small>
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 16.8
|Feb record high C = 20.7
|Mar record high C = 25.0
|Apr record high C = 28.2
|May record high C = 30.6
|Jun record high C = 34.3
|Jul record high C = 39.3
|Aug record high C = 35.1
|Sep record high C = 35.0
|Oct record high C = 28.2
|Nov record high C = 22.4
|Dec record high C = 19.0
|year record high C = 39.3
|Jan avg record high C = 13.1
|Feb avg record high C = 14.1
|Mar avg record high C = 17.9
|Apr avg record high C = 20.9
|May avg record high C = 24.3
|Jun avg record high C = 27.7
|Jul avg record high C = 27.6
|Aug avg record high C = 27.2
|Sep avg record high C = 25.4
|Oct avg record high C = 20.6
|Nov avg record high C = 16.8
|Dec avg record high C = 13.7
|year avg record high C = 29.8
|Jan high C = 9.7
|Feb high C = 10.0
|Mar high C = 11.9
|Apr high C = 13.9
|May high C = 16.8
|Jun high C = 19.1
|Jul high C = 20.8
|Aug high C = 20.9
|Sep high C = 19.3
|Oct high C = 16.0
|Nov high C = 12.5
|Dec high C = 10.3
|year high C = 15.1
|Jan mean C = 7.1
|Feb mean C = 7.1
|Mar mean C = 8.6
|Apr mean C = 10.1
|May mean C = 12.8
|Jun mean C = 15.3
|Jul mean C = 17.0
|Aug mean C = 17.1
|Sep mean C = 15.4
|Oct mean C = 12.8
|Nov mean C = 9.8
|Dec mean C = 7.7
|year mean C = 11.7
|Jan low C = 4.6
|Feb low C = 4.3
|Mar low C = 5.4
|Apr low C = 6.3
|May low C = 8.9
|Jun low C = 11.4
|Jul low C = 13.1
|Aug low C = 13.2
|Sep low C = 11.5
|Oct low C = 9.6
|Nov low C = 7.0
|Dec low C = 5.0
|year low C = 8.4
|Jan avg record low C = -2.5
|Feb avg record low C = -2.0
|Mar avg record low C = -0.5
|Apr avg record low C = 0.8
|May avg record low C = 3.3
|Jun avg record low C = 6.6
|Jul avg record low C = 8.7
|Aug avg record low C = 8.3
|Sep avg record low C = 6.0
|Oct avg record low C = 3.2
|Nov avg record low C = 1.0
|Dec avg record low C = -2.1
|year avg record low C = -4.0
|Jan record low C = -14.0
|Feb record low C = -13.4
|Mar record low C = -4.9
|Apr record low C = -3.0
|May record low C = -0.8
|Jun record low C = 3.7
|Jul record low C = 6.0
|Aug record low C = 5.8
|Sep record low C = 3.3
|Oct record low C = -1.5
|Nov record low C = -6.6
|Dec record low C = -10.1
|year record low C = -14.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 142.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 118.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 82.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 91.8
|May precipitation mm = 74.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 64.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 70.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 75.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 78.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 129.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 146.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 154.6
|year precipitation mm = 1229.8
|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 18.0
|Feb precipitation days = 14.9
|Mar precipitation days = 13.2
|Apr precipitation days = 12.5
|May precipitation days = 10.3
|Jun precipitation days = 9.1
|Jul precipitation days = 10.6
|Aug precipitation days = 9.8
|Sep precipitation days = 10.1
|Oct precipitation days = 15.4
|Nov precipitation days = 17.9
|Dec precipitation days = 17.8
|year precipitation days = 159.5
|Jan snow days = 1.7
|Feb snow days = 2.8
|Mar snow days = 0.7
|Apr snow days = 0.3
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.5
|Dec snow days = 1.3
|year snow days = 7.3
|Jan humidity = 86
|Feb humidity = 84
|Mar humidity = 82
|Apr humidity = 81
|May humidity = 81
|Jun humidity = 83
|Jul humidity = 83
|Aug humidity = 83
|Sep humidity = 85
|Oct humidity = 86
|Nov humidity = 85
|Dec humidity = 86
|Jan sun = 61.2
|Feb sun = 81.7
|Mar sun = 122.2
|Apr sun = 165.4
|May sun = 187.5
|Jun sun = 183.9
|Jul sun = 180.1
|Aug sun = 171.8
|Sep sun = 158.4
|Oct sun = 109.0
|Nov sun = 72.3
|Dec sun = 61.2
|year sun = 1554.6
| Jan percentsun = 24.0
| Feb percentsun = 31.0
| Mar percentsun = 35.0
| Apr percentsun = 43.0
| May percentsun = 46.0
| Jun percentsun = 46.0
| Jul percentsun = 48.0
| Aug percentsun = 47.0
| Sep percentsun = 45.0
| Oct percentsun = 37.0
| Nov percentsun = 29.0
| Dec percentsun = 25.0
|source 1 = [[Meteo France]]<ref name=MFclimat1>{{cite web
| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/station/29075001/normales
| title = Données climatiques de la station de Brest
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 11 December 2014
| archive-date = 2 August 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190802131809/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/station/29075001/normales
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name=MFclimat2>{{cite web
| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/bretagne/regi53/normales
| title = Climat Bretagne
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 11 December 2014
| archive-date = 2 August 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190802131821/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/bretagne/regi53/normales
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310164340/https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_29075001.pdf
| archive-date = 10 March 2018
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_29075001.pdf
| title = Brest–Guipavas (29)
| work = Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 10 March 2018}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] (percent sun 1961-1990),<ref name = noaa>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-VI/FR/07110.TXT
| title = Brest (07110) – WMO Weather Station
| access-date = 18 January 2019
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]}} [https://archive.org/details/19611990NormalsNOAABrest Archived] 18 January 2019, at the [[Wayback Machine]]</ref> Infoclimat.fr (humidity 1961-1990)<ref name=Infoclimat>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07110-brest-guipavas.html
 |title        = Normes et records 1961–1990: Brest-Guipavas (29) – altitude 94m
 |language     = fr
 |publisher    = Infoclimat.fr
 |access-date   = 11 December 2014
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20141008133221/http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07110-brest-guipavas.html
 |archive-date = 8 October 2014
|url-status     = bot: unknown
 |df           = dmy-all
}} 8 October 2014, at the [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>
}}