Lucelle, Haut-Rhin

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Lucelle

(2020–2026) Bernard Fankhauser^[1]Area

10.27 km² (3.97 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

32 • Density3.1/km² (8.1/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68190 /68480

Elevation500–760 m (1,640–2,490 ft)
(avg. 700 m or 2,300 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lucelle (French pronunciation: [lysɛl] ^ⓘ; German: Lützel) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

The commune comprises the French part of the hamlet of Lucelle, the other part being part of Pleigne, in the Swiss Canton of Jura.

Geography

Climate

Lucelle has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Lucelle is 9.2 °C (48.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,098.7 mm (43.26 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.9 °C (64.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.3 °C (34.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lucelle was 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) on 20 July 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.0 °C (−2.2 °F) on 20 December 2009.

Climate data for Lucelle (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.2 (64.8)	20.1 (68.2)	23.0 (73.4)	25.8 (78.4)	29.1 (84.4)	34.0 (93.2)	36.0 (96.8)	35.4 (95.7)	29.5 (85.1)	27.6 (81.7)	21.2 (70.2)	22.9 (73.2)	36.0 (96.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.2 (39.6)	5.4 (41.7)	8.8 (47.8)	12.4 (54.3)	17.1 (62.8)	20.4 (68.7)	22.8 (73.0)	22.7 (72.9)	18.0 (64.4)	13.8 (56.8)	7.5 (45.5)	4.1 (39.4)	13.1 (55.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	1.3 (34.3)	2.2 (36.0)	5.1 (41.2)	8.1 (46.6)	12.6 (54.7)	15.7 (60.3)	17.9 (64.2)	17.7 (63.9)	13.7 (56.7)	10.0 (50.0)	4.5 (40.1)	1.4 (34.5)	9.2 (48.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−1.6 (29.1)	−1.1 (30.0)	1.4 (34.5)	3.9 (39.0)	8.1 (46.6)	10.9 (51.6)	12.9 (55.2)	12.7 (54.9)	9.4 (48.9)	6.2 (43.2)	1.6 (34.9)	−1.2 (29.8)	5.3 (41.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.5 (5.9)	−18.5 (−1.3)	−15.9 (3.4)	−6.5 (20.3)	−1.3 (29.7)	1.1 (34.0)	5.5 (41.9)	3.8 (38.8)	1.1 (34.0)	−7.1 (19.2)	−12.2 (10.0)	−19.0 (−2.2)	−19.0 (−2.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	55.4 (2.18)	64.6 (2.54)	82.9 (3.26)	84.1 (3.31)	121.3 (4.78)	107.7 (4.24)	102.6 (4.04)	104.9 (4.13)	95.3 (3.75)	102.1 (4.02)	90.7 (3.57)	87.1 (3.43)	1,098.7 (43.26)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.2	10.6	11.7	11.9	14.0	12.5	12.2	11.7	10.0	11.9	12.7	12.6	142.0
Source: Meteociel^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Normales et records pour Lucelle SAPC (68)". Meteociel. Retrieved 16 June 2022.