{"id":386,"date":"2025-03-10T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:35:41","slug":"climate-and-topography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/?page_id=386","title":{"rendered":"Climate and topography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Canihuel\/Saint Gilles Pligeaux, Cotes d&#8217;Armor, Brittany, France<\/p>\n<p>Geo Data:\u00a0 48 22 40 N 3 02 58 W<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ordinance-survey-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1398\" src=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ordinance-survey-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ordinance-survey-map.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ordinance-survey-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery98\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/topography-map.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/topography-map-400x400.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/topography-map-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/topography-map-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/contour-map-surrounding-area-e1768649582302.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/contour-map-surrounding-area-e1768649582302.png\" width=\"418\" height=\"335\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/contour-map-surrounding-area-e1768649582302.png 418w, https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/contour-map-surrounding-area-e1768649582302-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/compass-e1768649682277.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/compass-e1768649682277.png\" width=\"132\" height=\"120\" alt=\"\"  class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Climate Zone\/Plant Hardiness Zone: Koppen \/Geiger Cfb; 9a or b -6.7C to -3.9C though natural vegetation resembles zone 7.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Highest\/lowest recorded rainfall 750mm<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Average annual rainfall 970mm\/580mm <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Highest recorded 24h rainfall occurrence 30mm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Temperature:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Highest\/lowest recorded temperature 39C\/-13.9C<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Average summer temperature (low) 15C<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Average summer temperature (high) 23C<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Average winter temperature (low)<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">5C<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Average winter temperature (high) 10C<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Potential for extreme weather events:\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">drought, flood, hurricane\/tornado, fire, hail in summer<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Storms:\u00a0 October 2023 hurricane caused a lot of tree damage on the farm ripping out trees in a diagonal line across the farm indicating concentrated twister behaviour along the hurricane&#8217;s path.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Winds: regular and variable in direction, often <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">westerly, sometimes S\/W; in winter occasionally arctic causing extreme cold spells (- 8C).<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Geography:<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Aspect\/orientation: undulating hilltop with a slight northerly aspect, slopes south east, west and north facing<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Slope\/changes in slope: minimal land slide potential with some exceptions: behind main house (secured by planting and dead hedging)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">topographic position: hilltop watershed<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">landscape profile: exposed (erosion)\/hilltop flatland\/hills\/valleys\/granite rock near surface and exposed above ground, rivers and seasonally wetland<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">highest\/lowest points: min. 245\/max.218m, average height of fields 230m above sea level<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">nearest mountain range: Monts d\u2019Aree 93 km to the West between us and the Atlantic coast<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">distance from the ocean:\u00a0136 km to the Atlantic coast to the west; 36 km to the North Sea\/English Channel; 79km to the Morbihan coast to the south<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">distance to the nearest population centre: 14km<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Canihuel\/Saint Gilles Pligeaux, Cotes d&#8217;Armor, Brittany, France Geo Data:\u00a0 48 22 40 N 3 02 58 W Climate Zone\/Plant Hardiness Zone: Koppen \/Geiger Cfb; 9a or b -6.7C to -3.9C though natural vegetation resembles zone 7. Rainfall: Highest\/lowest recorded &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/?page_id=386\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolivier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}