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Post by DG57 on May 7, 2021 12:38:25 GMT -5
The weather in France (spring and summer 2021)Hello people!  I'm Damien from France, I'm quite a new dude on this forum (I have registered about one month ago), but I've already been acquainted with some of the members, mostly through the chat service that I've used a couple of times recently; and I've also made the acquaintance of the member Benfxmth , apparently also known under the nickname 'Benny Boy'...    It's thanks to him that I've registered on here, as he kindly invited me. Thank you Ben! I'm a regular user of the British forum UKweatherworld, since 2010... And that's it for the introduction. Let's go for my first post on this forum and on this thread. I think I will probably be making such threads (hopefully) twice a year (a 'spring and summer' one, and a 'autumn/fall and winter' one). And of course, everyone is welcome to post any thing that is in relation with the topic (weather in France), it goes without saying actually...  Anyways... => Today has finally been quite a 'correct' day, for an early May weatherwise in most of the country (if we compare with the past two weeks, that were especially bad!), with mostly dry and partly sunny conditions... This said, ok, it was still pretty chilly and actually well below the long-term averages, to the north of the 45° parallel North, ie in the northern two thirds of France, with generally afternoon maximums below 15°C (59°F). The western tip of Brittany (NW), the Cotentin peninsula (NW) and the North Sea shoreline (NW) even had maximum values around only 10°C (50°F). In these northern two thirds, well, only the Paris area, the Loire Valley and a few protected parts of the mid-Atlantic shoreline had values above 15°C (from 15 to 18°C / from 59°F to 64°F)... Best - and actually warmest - weather in France today was in parts of the Riviera and in parts of Corsica that are concerned by a Foehn effect from the West, the West-South-West, the South-West and the South-South-West: over there, it didn't go below 16°C (61°F) as minimums, and it got above 26°C (79°F) as maximums. LIST OF STATIONS WITH TODAY'S TMAX > 24.5°C (76°F):ONE TEMPERATURE MAP OF CONTINENTAL MEDITERRANEAN FRANCE, AND ONE OF CORSICA:THE WARMEST PART OF FRANCE TODAY, THE CITIES OF GOLFE-JUAN AND OF JUAN-LES-PINS (PICTURES):THE WARMEST PART OF FRANCE TODAY, THE CITIES OF GOLFE-JUAN AND OF JUAN-LES-PINS (PICTURES):GOOGLE EARTH 3D MAP (ROUGHLY CENTERED ON THE CITIES OF GOLFE-JUAN AND OF JUAN-LES-PINS):
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Post by trolik on May 7, 2021 12:47:13 GMT -5
looks like a lommo sock puppet
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Post by Ariete on May 7, 2021 13:03:14 GMT -5
France, 13 climate zones! Woooooooww! Britain cold rock with lots of snow. Greenlandic rock too.
Nah I'm just playin'. Welcome.
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Post by rozenn on May 7, 2021 13:20:54 GMT -5
Oh Antibes was my town a few years ago! Not the kinda place known for its spring warmth tbh, nice for them. The best part of the year is beginning there. Soon enough lows will stay above 20°C and muggy conditions will prevail. ❤
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Post by Ariete on May 7, 2021 17:47:59 GMT -5
Oh Antibes was my town a few years ago! Not the kinda place known for its spring warmth tbh, nice for them. The best part of the year is beginning there. Soon enough lows will stay above 20°C and muggy conditions will prevail. ❤
Anti-best for sure.
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Post by DG57 on May 7, 2021 19:34:46 GMT -5
Thanks people! ...Below are the forecasted minimum and maximum temperatures for today, the 8th of May 2021, for 64 stations in France (32 in the northern half, and 32 in the southern one!), compiled on two maps made by me (with the gradual color system that I borrow from the TF1 channel's TV weather show!). Oh and please note that I've enlarged the island of Corsica on purpose, to make things more practical for me... Also, another important note is that the dots representing the stations are not necessarily on an extremely exact position (again, I've done that on purpose for the dots to be quite homogeneously distributed in relation to each other, throughout the map of France): then, ok, there may be some gap between the exact location of a station and its position on my maps. Thanks. Today is probably about to be the warmest day, in the country, so far, during this year 2021. But tomorrow Sunday might outclass this Saturday in terms of average warmth within the territory, but not in terms of absolute maximum (32°C locally in the South-West this Saturday, which is not supposed to happen tomorrow). The northern half will be very warm tomorrow, even toward the borders with Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. The extremes on these maps go from 0°C (32°F), in the early morning, around the Vosges Mountains (below 500 m. asl, NE), to 32°C (90°F), in the afternoon, around the Landes Forest (SW). 
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Post by Doña Jimena on May 8, 2021 3:16:42 GMT -5
Bienvenue!
Looks cloudy in Paris today.
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Post by Benfxmth on May 8, 2021 3:30:34 GMT -5
Bienvenue! Looks cloudy in Paris today. Some clearing is likely this afternoon as the warm front lifts north. Tagging rozenn |
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Post by DG57 on May 11, 2021 18:08:36 GMT -5
Hi! Most seasonal forecasts, according to the models, are planning for a very, very average summer in all of France, especially if you compare those with what happened during the past six summers (2015 to 2020), which were especially warmer than the long-term averages (1981-2010), in most of the country... Well, at least, this coming June might be quite correct actually, and would possibly be the best summer month this year. Would summer 2021 be some 'rehash' of summer 2014? In an additional note, from 2008 to 2013 (6 summers in a row) and from 2015 to 2020 (same), France did reach 40°C+ (104°F+), somewhere, at some point... And 2014 broke the chain by getting to an absolute daily maximum of 'only' 38.7°C (101.7°F) (it was at Biscarrosse, Landes department, SW of France, on the 17th of July). Anyways, of course, we are all aware that reaching 40°C+ 'somewhere' and 'at some point' doesn't necessarily coincide with a 'widespreadly' long, hot, sunny and anticyclonic summer! 2008 and 2011 proved it, if it needed to be! _________________________ (...June 2014 was rather on the *warm to very warm* side; July was almost ok, well, sort of; and August was mostly *poor to very poor*...) |
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Post by DG57 on May 16, 2021 14:11:55 GMT -5
I'm having, as I'm writing, my first thunderstorm of the year here. And a rather surprising one, I mean I didn't expect it! Heck. Two or three big and sudden loud thundery moments, within the space of one minute! With heavy rainfall along with some brief hail.
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Post by DG57 on May 24, 2021 12:10:13 GMT -5
Crappy * weather is still continuing over most of France, after weeks and weeks of mostly bad things, weatherwise, and such crap is about to continue for at least 8-10 days, in at least two thirds of the country. *ie mostly dark, gloomy skies, with either autumn drizzles, or spring downpours, sometimes alternating with a few short periods of sunshine on some days (but not every day! ) and this, along with short downpours allowing for rainbows to appear here or there... And the temperature values have systematically been below the long-term averages (figures), and also below the normal 'frame', if I may say!  I mean, even during the few days that contained some sunny afternoons! |
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Post by DG57 on May 24, 2021 12:16:32 GMT -5
To be noted that: the two-month period April-May 2021 is about to be the coldest one since (at least?) 1991... Yet, such an April-May, as the one we're living now in 2021, would have been quite a standard and indeed fairly normal one in the 1970's! 😮 And ok even more especially in the 1960's, besides... During the 1990's, the 2000's and (especially) the 2010's, such a prolonged period of both perturbated and chilly ** weather in France were pretty rare, especially in April-May. So, it's a bit of a surprise to have this, nowadays... But see, it's not impossible, and it will happen again, but probably in the 'increasingly-rare' ( ) pattern... **: I mean by chilly, well below the normals...
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Post by DG57 on May 25, 2021 12:39:54 GMT -5
0.0 is the line for the long-term average temperature in summer in France (1981-2010) / (representation of the summers *1st June-31st August* of 1900 * to 2020) / deviation from the mean:As you see on the chart, warmer-than-average summers***, considering the whole of France (ie a same and stable selection of stations throughout the territory), were, since 1945*, the following ones:***: of course, on a more local scale, sometimes, other summers were warmer than average; and the following ones may have been colder than average, on a more local scale as well! 1947; 1949 & 1950 (consecutive, 2); 1952; 1976; 1983; 1989 & 1990 (consecutive, 2); 1994 & 1995 (consecutive, 2); 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003 & 2004 & 2005 & 2006 (consecutive, 4); 2009 & 2010 (consecutive, 2); 2012 & 2013 (consecutive, 2); 2015 & 2016 & 2017 & 2018 & 2019 & 2020 (consecutive, 6)... 
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Post by DG57 on Jun 7, 2021 7:43:53 GMT -5
Things are about to slowly improve during the coming days, after a poor weekend, here in Thionville, while I have already had a first warm ish couple of days last week. My first 30°C+ of the new season is likely to happen on 16th June. To be confirmed.  |
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Post by DG57 on Jun 12, 2021 12:38:42 GMT -5
A small Yellow Warning for heatwave has been set today for tomorrow, and perhaps stretchable to one or two additional day(s), but a localised one, as it only takes effect in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, ie roughly around the coastal plains located to the extreme east of the French Pyrenees, in cities such as Perpignan.
Overnight minimums are unlikely to fall below 24°C and daily maximums are likely to get to 38°C.
The last 3 or 4 days have already been pretty warm / hot over there, with minimums at 22°C and maximums at 32°C...
Nevertheless, it apparently shouldn't be a too long-lasting heatwave, as the weather could rather quickly become stormy, and it would then be back to some more normal values for a mid-June, ie 19 / 20°C (min) and 29 / 30°C (max) from Wednesday, or Thursday, onwards...
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Post by DG57 on Jun 12, 2021 13:05:36 GMT -5
How does the city of Perpignan looks like?
(geography / cityscapes)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2021 15:29:22 GMT -5
A small Yellow Warning for heatwave has been set today for tomorrow, and perhaps stretchable to one or two additional day(s), but a localised one, as it only takes effect in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, ie roughly around the coastal plains located to the extreme east of the French Pyrenees, in cities such as Perpignan. Overnight minimums are unlikely to fall below 24°C and daily maximums are likely to get to 38°C. The last 3 or 4 days have already been pretty warm / hot over there, with minimums at 22°C and maximums at 32°C... Nevertheless, it apparently shouldn't be a too long-lasting heatwave, as the weather could rather quickly become stormy, and it would then be back to some more normal values for a mid-June, ie 19 / 20°C (min) and 29 / 30°C (max) from Wednesday, or Thursday, onwards... In other words, how summer should be! |
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Post by DG57 on Jun 14, 2021 12:47:24 GMT -5
The 24°C / 38°C? Is this how summer should be? Tell that to the people of Glasgow, Scotland. Just had my first 30°C+ of the year, here, today 14th June. With just 30.00°C on the dot. Normal / usual summer temperature values, ie 'how summer should be', are a dependency of the location on the surface of the planet. But I know you actually were joking. Well, at least half-joking. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2021 17:20:52 GMT -5
The 24°C / 38°C? Is this how summer should be? Tell that to the people of Glasgow, Scotland. Just had my first 30°C+ of the year, here, today 14th June. With just 30.00°C on the dot. Normal / usual summer temperature values, ie 'how summer should be', are a dependency of the location on the surface of the planet. But I know you actually were joking. Well, at least half-joking. Half-joking, half-serious. 24/38 is a bit toasty even for me, let alone for a sustained period of time - but I need my consistent warmth (or what most would consider heat) in the summer! |
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Post by DG57 on Jun 14, 2021 17:48:47 GMT -5
Oh God, dear @cheesehead92 , I bluntly need that, too! I agree so much with you! Unfortunately, where I live, summer's usually not that consistent both in terms of sunshine and of warmth... But we have been lucky during the past six years, especially in 2018 I must say, as far as these variables are concerned. Even 2014, actually, while August was awful, there still were some very nice periods of weather on either side of August. |
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I'm Damien from France, I'm quite a new dude on this forum (I have registered about one month ago), but I've already been acquainted with some of the members, mostly through the chat service that I've used a couple of times recently; and I've also made the acquaintance of the member Benfxmth , apparently also known under the nickname 'Benny Boy'... 
It's thanks to him that I've registered on here, as he kindly invited me. Thank you Ben! 
I mean, even during the few days that contained some sunny afternoons!
