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Quenza
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Quenza (Corsican pronunciation: [ˈkwɛnt͡sa], French: [kwɛntsa]) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, island and collectivity of Corsica, France.
Key Information
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Quenza has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Quenza is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,395.1 mm (54.93 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.3 °C (72.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Quenza was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) on 3 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.3 °C (18.9 °F) on 7 February 2012.
| Climate data for Quenza (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2009−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.3 (34.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 157.8 (6.21) |
153.4 (6.04) |
139.2 (5.48) |
79.3 (3.12) |
92.1 (3.63) |
65.0 (2.56) |
37.3 (1.47) |
26.1 (1.03) |
79.2 (3.12) |
123.0 (4.84) |
245.9 (9.68) |
196.8 (7.75) |
1,395.1 (54.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.3 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 100.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 307 | — |
| 1975 | 302 | −0.23% |
| 1982 | 229 | −3.88% |
| 1990 | 214 | −0.84% |
| 1999 | 215 | +0.05% |
| 2009 | 210 | −0.24% |
| 2014 | 191 | −1.88% |
| 2020 | 195 | +0.35% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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