Editing Avignon (section)

=== Climate ===
Avignon has a [[hot-summer mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: '''Csa'''), though the dry-summer effect is not as strong as coastal locations like [[Marseille]] due to its more sheltered inland location. The city experiences mild-cool winters and hot summers, with moderate rainfall year-round. The city is often subject to windy weather; the strongest wind is the [[mistral (wind)|mistral]]. A medieval Latin proverb said of the city: ''Avenie ventosa, sine vento venenosa, cum vento fastidiosa'' (Windy Avignon, pest-ridden when there is no wind, wind-pestered when there is).{{sfn|Mistral|1979|p=[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k74854/f203.image 196]}}

{{Weather box
|location = Avignon (1993–2020 averages, extremes 1993–present)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 20.8
|Feb record high C = 23.1
|Mar record high C = 26.7
|Apr record high C = 31.4
|May record high C = 34.2
|Jun record high C = 42.8
|Jul record high C = 39.6
|Aug record high C = 42.0
|Sep record high C = 35.5
|Oct record high C = 31.0
|Nov record high C = 23.8
|Dec record high C = 19.3
|year record high C = 42.8
|Jan high C = 10.7
|Feb high C = 12.4
|Mar high C = 16.6
|Apr high C = 19.7
|May high C = 23.9
|Jun high C = 28.7
|Jul high C = 31.5
|Aug high C = 31.1
|Sep high C = 26.0
|Oct high C = 21.0
|Nov high C = 14.7
|Dec high C = 11.0
|year high C = 20.6
|Jan mean C = 6.3
|Feb mean C = 7.4
|Mar mean C = 10.8
|Apr mean C = 13.7
|May mean C = 17.8
|Jun mean C = 22.1
|Jul mean C = 24.8
|Aug mean C = 24.3
|Sep mean C = 19.9
|Oct mean C = 15.8
|Nov mean C = 10.3
|Dec mean C = 6.7
|year mean C = 15.0
|Jan low C = 1.9
|Feb low C = 2.3
|Mar low C = 5.0
|Apr low C = 7.7
|May low C = 11.7
|Jun low C = 15.6
|Jul low C = 18.0
|Aug low C = 17.6
|Sep low C = 13.9
|Oct low C = 10.7
|Nov low C = 6.0
|Dec low C = 2.5
|year low C = 9.4
|Jan record low C = −8.7
|Feb record low C = −7.8
|Mar record low C = −9.9
|Apr record low C = −4.2
|May record low C = 2.4
|Jun record low C = 6.7
|Jul record low C = 10.7
|Aug record low C = 9.5
|Sep record low C = 5.5
|Oct record low C = −2.0
|Nov record low C = −7.1
|Dec record low C = −8.6
|year record low C = −9.9
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 55.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 35.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 36.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 59.9
|May precipitation mm = 52.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 35.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 23.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 35.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 91.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 88.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 92.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 43.5
|year precipitation mm = 648.8
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 5.7
|Feb precipitation days = 4.8
|Mar precipitation days = 4.4
|Apr precipitation days = 6.5
|May precipitation days = 6.0
|Jun precipitation days = 3.7
|Jul precipitation days = 2.6
|Aug precipitation days = 3.3
|Sep precipitation days = 5.2
|Oct precipitation days = 6.0
|Nov precipitation days = 7.5
|Dec precipitation days = 5.2
|year precipitation days = 60.9
|source 1 = [[Météo France]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_84007005.pdf
| title = Avignon–INRA (84)
| work = Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1991–2020 et records
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 29 March 2018}}</ref>
}}

The record temperature record since the existence of the weather station at Orange is 42.8&nbsp;°C on 28 June 2019 and the record lowest was −14.5&nbsp;°C on 2 February 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07579-orange-caritat.html|title=Normales et records météorologiques - Infoclimat|website=infoclimat.fr}}</ref>

==== The mistral ====
The prevailing wind is the [[mistral (wind)|mistral]] for which the windspeed can be beyond 110&nbsp;km/h. It blows between 120 and 160 days per year with an average speed of 90&nbsp;km/h in gusts.<ref>Jean Vialar, ''Regional and local winds'', 1948; reprinted by [[Météo-France]] in 2003. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The following table shows the different speeds of the mistral recorded by Orange and Carpentras Serres stations in the southern Rhone valley and its frequency in 2006. ''Normal'' corresponds to the average of the last 53 years{{when|date=January 2024}} from Orange weather reports and that of the last 42{{when|date=January 2024}} at Carpentras.<ref>Source: Inter Rhône technical services at Avignon [http://www.vacqueyras.tm.fr/pdf/2006.pdf Metereological data from 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113000049/http://www.vacqueyras.tm.fr/pdf/2006.pdf |date=13 November 2008 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

'''Legend:''' "=" same as normal; "+" higher than normal; "-" lower than normal

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Speed of mistral winds in km/h
| 
! scope="col" | Jan.
! scope="col" | Feb.
! scope="col" | Mar.
! scope="col" | Apr.
! scope="col" | May.
! scope="col" | Jun.
! scope="col" | Jul.
! scope="col" | Aug.
! scope="col" | Sep.
! scope="col" | Oct.
! scope="col" | Nov.
! scope="col" | Dec.
|-
! abbr="Max. Speed" scope="col" | Maximum recorded speed by month
|106
|127
|119
|97
|94
|144
|90
|90
|90
|87
|91
|118
|-
! abbr="Tendency" scope="col" | Tendency: Days with speed<br/>> {{cvt|16|m/s|kph}}
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|<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|<nowiki>++++</nowiki>
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|<nowiki>---</nowiki>
|<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|<nowiki>++</nowiki>
|}