"Since the equinox on September 22nd, and the start of astronomical autumn, France has shivered in an unseasonably cold spell with temperatures about 5C below normal for the time of year. "The succession of cool, grey days in September is unusual," national forecaster Météo France said in a statement. The lack of sunshine is also part of what makes this situation remarkable.""
"The mercury has struggled to reach double figures in many parts of the country, with the maximum temperature of 9.3C at Blesmes, Aisne, the lowest 'high' recorded. In Juniville, Ardennes, the 10.4C maximum temperature was the lowest recorded since the station opened in 1959. Over 24 hours on Thursday, the temperature range in Paris was just 0.6C, a small range that is unprecedented so early in the autumn. Meteorologists had to go back to November 1974 to find a similarly small range."
"The sun should make a timid reappearance, on Saturday. Temperatures will rise everywhere, reaching 23C in Ajaccio, 22C in Tarbes, 20C in Bordeaux, and 19C in Montpellier; 19C in Nantes, 18C in Rennes and Lille, and 16C in Paris. A from the west, will bring rain in the evening to the tip of Brittany, and again in in the north-east, the Northern Alps, and Corsica, according to Météo France."
France experienced an unseasonably cold start to astronomical autumn, with temperatures around 5C below typical values since the September 22nd equinox. Maximum temperatures struggled to reach double figures in many areas, including a 9.3C high at Blesmes and a 10.4C high at Juniville, the latter the lowest since 1959. Paris registered a 24-hour temperature range of just 0.6C, unusually small for this early in autumn. Snow fell as low as 1,800m in the Alps. Most of the country stayed cold and overcast with showers in the north-east and Massif Central and snow in Savoie. Sunshine and warmer conditions are forecast for the weekend, with daytime highs reaching the mid-teens to low twenties in several cities and a westward system bringing evening rain to parts of Brittany, the north-east, the Northern Alps and Corsica. Sunday should feature sunny spells with heavier cloud near the Pyrenees.
Read at The Local France
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