The meteorological observatory on the summit of Mont Aigoual (1 567m) overlooks the Gard, Hérault and Tarn valleys. The instruments used to record the speed and direction of rain-bearing winds from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic are ever-more sophisticated. From the tower, the view encompasses the Causses and the Cévennes and (in fine weather) the Cantal mountains, Mont Ventoux, the Alps, the Languedoc plain, the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees!