[DG57]

Hi Coachbuster !

I didn't notice such a difference, these last days in France... Could you tell me what was the day/the hour where there was a -6°C / +17°C recently ?

Anyway, as France is the most extended European country and as it has the most kind of climates in Europe (Spain is a good contender, too), it's fairly frequent to see huge differences between NW-SE (in summer) or NE-SW (in winter). Though -6°C / +17°C is rather extreme... :o

Today, it was not bad as well, with a balmy +22°C in southern Corsica and a chilly 0°C of maximum in Normandy (in some secluded valleys).

Today morning saw -4°C in Caen (Normandy) and +12°C in Toulon (Var Coast).

[DG57]

The Sirocco has blown across South Corsica, leading the temperatures exceed 20°C in the Ajaccio countryside :
Ocana was the warmest location in Europe today, with 23.0°C (Météo-France).
Ajaccio has managed 21.5°C, by the sea.

At the opposite of the country (North-West), snow is making a new attack, with several departments in Orange Alert.

[DG57]

This night, the thermometer is likely to show a temperature of less than -20°C in the Jura mountains, in the plains part ! -8 to -13°C (!!!) elsewhere in the North-East.
Snow is now present for more than 4 weeks in a lot of regions in the North-East.
The only regions in France where the snow has not made its appearence yet are southern Brittany, the extreme South-West coast, the Mediterranean coast up to 60 km inside the land and the Corsican coast.

What an impressive winter ! :o

[DG57]

-18.4°C in Strasbourg last night.

[DG57]

A cold record was beaten yesterday in a small station in the Moselle department (where I am currently on holiday) : -22.5°C in Buhl-Lorraine (near Sarrebourg).

Other information about this brief very cold snap here : link to the Républicain Lorrain newspaper.

[DG57]

Another great temperature contrast across my country today morning, but this time, it's between East and West : 28°C of difference.

Screenshot of tonight's TF1 TV news :

[DG57]

Foehn effect in the South-West for three days now, and it's continuing. (Note : the Foehn effect is btw more powerful this time in next-door Spain. 18.5°C of minimum and 22.2°C of maximum in Bilbao.)

[DG57]

Metropolitan France is still enjoying mild temperatures, while New Caledonia had to face a modest hurricane, named Vania.

LINK

[DG57]

After 2 weeks of relatively warm temperatures in the South (minimums of over 10°C, and once of 17°C and maximum over 18°C, and sometimes over 20°C), the region is likely to see strong snow showers at low altitude (snow will be there as low as 300 metres in the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes).

[DG57]

Some warm and sunny weather in the South (Roussillon, Languedoc regions) and in the South-East (Provence, Rhone Valley regions). If you were looking for the best weather in Europe, it's in France that it could be found today : Eus was the warmest location on the continent ! Cocorico ! (a wink to Pit) [hehe]

[Andrew Ware]

Completely of topic, but does anyone know where I can find a weather archive for 2010 for the Vendee?

[Mesogeiakos]

Very nice today in France !:)

[DG57]

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Andrew Ware - 5/2/2011 21:46

Completely of topic, but does anyone know where I can find a weather archive for 2010 for the Vendee?

You're very lucky Andrew, there is a website just exclusively about Vendée climate & weather. You'll find filed data for years 2009, 2010 and now on.
It's in French : http://climat-vendee.fr/
Otherwise, try this website (exhaustive weather archive for all France - the problem is that the site is very slow to load) : http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/

^_^

[Andrew Ware]

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MorganeLanesle - 5/2/2011 22:28

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Andrew Ware - 5/2/2011 21:46

Completely of topic, but does anyone know where I can find a weather archive for 2010 for the Vendee?

You're very lucky Andrew, there is a website just exclusively about Vendée climate & weather. You'll find filed data for years 2009, 2010 and now on.
It's in French : http://climat-vendee.fr/
Otherwise, try this website (exhaustive weather archive for all France - the problem is that the site is very slow to load) : http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/

^_^

Thankyou very much, that was lucky for me....

[DG57]

What a pleasant week-end they had in the South !

Once more, the temperatures went over 20°C under a cloudless sky...

[Ian Williams]

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MorganeLanesle - 7/2/2011 08:52 What a pleasant week-end they had in the South ! Once more, the temperatures went over 20°C under a cloudless sky...

That makes St Paul de  Fenouillet the 2nd warmest place in Europe for this day, very nice temperatures for February I must say :-)  

MorganeLanesle	Posted 7/2/2011 08:52 (#611402 - in reply to #592140) Subject: RE: Reports from France
Offline Location: France (Nice & Strasbourg)	What a pleasant week-end they had in the South ! Once more, the temperatures went over 20°C under a cloudless sky...

[DG57]

A rare phenomenon : some of the highest temperatures occurred at high altitude, sometimes beating some low altitude temperatures.

Alps & Pyrenees : >1000m, +15°C and >1500m, +10°C.

Chamonix, in the northern French Alps (at 1042 metres high), has had a new February record, with more than 19°C !

Four stations got more than 22°C, Urepel (22.7°C), Bustince-Iriberry (22.5°C), Fontannes (22.3°C) & Rosans (22.0°C).

Here's a link to an article of Météo-France (official website) which talks about the exceptional warmth in France, and especially in the different mountains areas of the South.

[DG57]

Another very mild day in the South, except around the Mediterranean sea, where the mist and the low cloud banks prevent the temperatures from getting higher.

Lomné & Saint-Girons were 19.9°C ; Orthez and Pau were 19.8°C, today - 8th February 2011.

[Note : there was a bug for the station of Cruas, which has of course not reached 30°C today.]

Yesterday (Mon 7th Feb 2011), map of the MAX temps :

[DG57]

The mildness wave has pushed northwards today, with Paris region having up to 18°C.

South-West remains warm with 20°C in Biarritz.

[Uskys]

those are warm for Feb ( bearing in mind the uk has never seen 20°C in feb since records began). and Chamonix is incredible. thanks for the update Morgane [y]