Editing Avignon (section)

==== 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}}
|<nowiki>--</nowiki>
|<nowiki>+++</nowiki>
|<nowiki>---</nowiki>
|<nowiki>++++</nowiki>
|<nowiki>++++</nowiki>
|<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|<nowiki>++++</nowiki>
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|<nowiki>---</nowiki>
|<nowiki>=</nowiki>
|<nowiki>++</nowiki>
|}