[DG57]

Sea Temperature around France : http://www.meteociel.fr/observations-meteo/sst.php

From 7°C (sparsely, around Normandy),
to 14°C (extreme South of the Bay of Biscay).

From 12°C (extreme North of the Gulf of Lion),
to 16°C (very sparsely, around the French/Italian Riviera).

[DG57]

Southwestern France is likely to beat some heat records for an early April and perhaps even for an entire month of April.

30°C should be reached in the Basque Country, Béarn and in the Landes.

[Dave K]

Some max temperatures of the 6th, some maybe new daily records?

30.8 ° C, Cazaux
30.7 ° C, Dax and Socoa
30.6 ° C, Biscarosse
30.2 ° C, Biarritz
29 ° C, Pau and Mont-de-Marsan

On the Spain side of the Basque country, 33.6º C at Alegia, Gipuzkoa ( amongst the highest early April temperatures in the last half century according to Euskalmet ).

[Ian Williams]

Bustince was the Highest with 32.4C AFAIK

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

[DG57]

 

South-West of Europe was hot yesterday, all along the Atlantic coast, from Portugal through Spain to France...

30°C again in La Coruna (Galicia), 31°C in Porto (Portugal)...

http://france.meteofrance.com/france/actu/actu?portlet_id=74935&document_id=25235

On the document, it's possible to see where the 32.4°C of the valley of Bustince was reached...

I've had lunch in Luxembourg today, on a terrace, it was wonderful ! 24°C is a perfect temp to feel comfortable... :P

[DG57]

6th April 2011 - Taking into account *ALL* the Météo-France official stations, we had 13 with 30°C+...

[DG57]

A very warm day, along with yesterday, over North France, and particularly in the generally coolest regions of the country in mid-spring : northern Brittany, coasts of the English Channel, Picardy...

Exemples :

Lanvéoc, 25.3°C

Brest, 25.2°C

Cambrai, 25.2°C

Lille, 25.1°C

Dieppe, 25.1°C

[DG57]

APRIL 2011, second warmest in France since 1900 !

Only April 2007 was warmer.

April 2007 : +4.3°C in relation to the 1971-2000 averages (current reference).
April 2011 : +4.0°C
April 1945 : +2.8°C
April 1961 : +2.6°C
April 1949 : +2.6°C

http://france.meteofrance.com/france/actu/actu?portlet_id=74935&document_id=25344

[DG57]

Last night was the first night where a temperature didn't go below 20°C in France, with at least two stations recording such values : Menton (northern French Riviera) with 21.9°C, and Nice (capital of the Riviera) with 20.2°C.

Sea temperature warms up really fast lately, with 19 to 21°C in the French Mediterranean, making waters off France, warmer than those off the coast of North Africa, which doesn't happen so often.

And here is a complete file (PDF file) about the French drought of year 2011, sometimes compared with the one of 1976, which was the worst in recent history.

Only the South-East of France had got normal, to above normal amounts of rain.

http://france.meteofrance.com/content/2011/4/25404-48.pdf

[DG57]

Another very warm night (23 May 2011) on the French & Italian Rivieras :

22.8°C (Menton, FRA)

21.8°C (Capo Mele, ITA)

20.7°C (Genoa, ITA)

20.2°C (Nice, FRA)

20.0°C (Valbonne-Sophia, FRA)

[DG57]

Here's a map showing the great disparity that France can sometimes have, and that was the case early this morning, with 1.2°C to 22.8°C. We're "the little USA of Europe".. hehe :D

23th May 2011 (MIN TEMPS)

[DG57]

Extreme heat is stagnating over Mediterranean France for a few days now.

Over 35°C temperatures have been recorded in many places.

I'll update my May thread soon.

[DG57]

http://video.fr.msn.com/watch/video/meteo-un-record-tout-chaud/13qolpm4b?from=

New heat records have been broken in the Mediterranean South; and to a lesser extent, it's the turn to the Aquitanian South to get hot weather, today...

In the video (link above), even a Texan American was feeling hot on the 'Place de la Comédie', Montpellier...

Indeed, it's unusual to get such a heat in May... South is usually warm to very warm at the end of spring, but not at this point !

A few figures (see below).

Gard department (where is it ?)

[DG57]

A clear cooling has occurred in France yesterday and the day before ; only Côte d'Azur and Corsica continued to have hot temperatures (the latter having been really discreet during the heat wave). Some regions, particularly in the South-West, have lost more than 10°C between the afternoon of -May, 25th- and the one of -May, 26th-.

The forecasters say that from next Monday, it will be very dry and relatively warm again. Unfortunately, the few rains that fell yesterday and today weren't copious enough : yes, this is now a true drought in a lot of regions (Central, West-Central).

[Ian Williams]

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MorganeLanesle - 28/5/2011 21:24 A clear cooling has occurred in France yesterday and the day before ; only Côte d'Azur and Corsica continued to have hot temperatures (the latter having been really discreet during the heat wave). Some regions, particularly in the South-West, have lost more than 10°C between the afternoon of -May, 25th- and the one of -May, 26th-.

The forecasters say that from next Monday, it will be very dry and relatively warm again. Unfortunately, the few rains that fell yesterday and today weren't copious enough : yes, this is now a true drought in a lot of regions (Central, West-Central).

True Morgane, Department 6, Alpes-Maritimes remained very warm today on the  Côte d'Azur, with only Corte on Corsica being warmer than Carros  with a max of 31.2C

 

Carros 31.0C

Pegomas 29.6C

Antibes 29.5C

Nice 29.3C

 

[DG57]

Thank you for the precision, Ian. :-)

[DG57]

30th May 2011 :

Strong localized foehn near Vichy, North of the Massif Central, with a southerly wind, leading to very hot temperatures in the Loire department (42). In a general way, all the East of France was hot : here, in Strasbourg, we had near 32°C.

Otherwise, thunderstorms and heavy rains are currently occuring from the South-West into the North-East. Possible floods ça et là...

Tomorrow, a high number of locations will lose 15°C (!) in the afternoon.

[David Sanderson]

I'm currently in Pontivy in Brittany and today was a wet and windy day. Temps hung around 18-20 for most of the day but not a very pleasant one.

[DG57]

True, Dava : great disparity today between the East (Alsace for example) and the West (Brittany).

[DG57]

Today was a refreshing day, and tomorrow will even be a very chilly day : on this 1st June 2011, and for the first time since early April we'll have -really- below average temperatures, and this, all over the country.

...an impressive drop in temperatures within two days...