Ballon de Servance
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| Ballon de Servance | |
|---|---|
 The Ballon de Servance seen from the Ballon d'Alsace. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,216 m (3,990 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 46°49′48″N 6°47′34″E / 46.83000°N 6.79278°E |
| Geography | |
  Ballon de Servance France | |
| Location | Lorraine, Franche-Comté, France |
| Parent range | Vosges Mountains |
The Ballon de Servance is a summit in the Southern Vosges Mountains, located on the border of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and the Grand Est region. It is the highest point in the Haute-Saône department and within the Comtois Balloons National Nature Reserve. It marks the first significant peak with an altitude exceeding 1,000 meters when approaching the Vosges Mountains from the southwest. Its neighbor, the Ballon d'Alsace, only surpasses it by 31 meters.
The summit area is occupied by a small pasture, one of the smallest in the massif, dominated by restricted military installations and a pasture for cattle during the summer. The pasture is crossed by a hiking trail that connects the Col du Ballon de Servance to the Sailley refuge and the Col du Luthier.
The Ballon de Servance rises to an altitude of 1,216 meters, straddling the border of two departments: Haute-Saône, where it stands as the highest point, and Vosges. It is situated between the Ballon d'Alsace to the east (separated by the Stalon Pass), the Château-Lambert massif to the west, the Rahin Valley and the Planche des Belles Filles massif to the south, and the Upper Moselle Valley to the north.[2]
| Climate data for Ballon De Servance, 1213m (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9.3 (48.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
6.5 (43.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.6 (9.3) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 190.7 (7.51) |
141.0 (5.55) |
160.4 (6.31) |
94.1 (3.70) |
171.1 (6.74) |
137.1 (5.40) |
146.4 (5.76) |
148.7 (5.85) |
138.5 (5.45) |
161.6 (6.36) |
171.8 (6.76) |
221.5 (8.72) |
1,882.9 (74.11) |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
