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The climate of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is a French overseas district consisting of eight islands south of the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. The islands have been French territory since the beginning of the nineteenth century, after a number of changes of power occurred between the French and the British. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is currently the only remaining possession of France. Nice fact is that, geographically speaking, the region is situated near the North American continent, but actually officially belongs to Europe. The archipelago counts less than ten-thousand inhabitants who mainly have to live by the fishing-industry. The islands are hardly suited for agriculture and serious industry is not to be found in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Because the catch of cod is the most important source of income of the local inhabitants the future is faced with fear. This is because the amount of fish, especially cod, in the oceans rapidly decreases due to overfishing. The local government therefore tries to stimulate other sources of income such as crab fishing, tourism and fish breeding.
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon has a cool sea climate with reasonably cool winters, a cold spring and fairly agreeable summers. In the islands there is often a rather stiff wind, which, in combination with the temperatures, sometimes causes less agreeable living-circumstances. In the spring the wind somewhat dies down, through which there is an increasing chance of fog. It is not until late in the summer that it gets fairly sunny in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

Climate figures
The figures below are based on registered long-term meteorological information and can, as far as possible, be considered an average for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	0	-7	2	17		2
February	-1	-8	3	14		0
March	2	-5	4	14		0
April	5	-1	5	13		1
May	9	2	5	13		4
June	12	5	6	13		8
July	17	10	5	13		13
August	19	12	5	13		16
September	16	9	5	14		14
October	12	5	4	16		10
November	7	1	2	16		7
December	3	-4	2	17		4
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The information below is an average for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
January
February
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April
May
June
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August
September
October
November
December
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