Les Arcs, Var
commune in Var, France
Les Arcs (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʁk], also known as Les Arcs-sur-Argens, literally Les Arcs on Argens; Occitan: Los Arcs) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Geography
Les Arcs is served by Les Arcs–Draguignan station (Gare des Arcs–Draguignan) on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The station, located within the commune of Les Arcs, also serves the greater neighbouring city of Draguignan, as the name suggests.
Climate
Les Arcs has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Les Arcs is 15.5 °C (59.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 803.1 mm (31.62 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Arcs was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.7 °C (16.3 °F) on 13 February 1999.
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