FranceSummit weather, forecast and climate

Sphinx

781 m

Elevation781 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation19 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul18°average high

21.25° S, 165.43° EElevation 781 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Sphinx in brief

Sphinx rises to 781 m, France.

At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 24°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Sphinx by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	24°	24°	24°	22°	20°	19°	18°	18°	20°	21°	22°	24°
Average low	19°	19°	19°	17°	15°	14°	12°	12°	13°	14°	16°	17°
Precipitation	316 mm	337 mm	398 mm	183 mm	179 mm	138 mm	103 mm	105 mm	84 mm	95 mm	160 mm	233 mm
Cloud cover	41%	46%	44%	37%	42%	41%	35%	34%	31%	33%	36%	35%
Daylight	13h 17	12h 48	12h 15	11h 37	11h 07	10h 51	10h 57	11h 22	11h 57	12h 33	13h 07	13h 25
Month score	62	60	61	64	62	62	67	69	76	73	65	65

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,050 m	4,100 m	4,050 m	3,800 m	3,550 m	3,300 m	3,050 m	3,100 m	3,300 m	3,500 m	3,700 m	3,950 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain