After a much too mild period, a sign of climate change, France will return to normal temperatures for the winter season.
From today, Monday January 16, 2023, temperatures will generally fall in France. Yes: you will be cold. Nothing abnormal, however. On the contrary, France will finally return to seasonal normals.
We are emerging from a historically mild period for the period. Much of December 2022, as well as the beginning of 2023, was abnormally mild for the period. During the New Year, the anomaly reached +8 degrees Celsius on average in the country.
Temperatures finally close to normal for the season in France
With the arrival of colder air, from this beginning of the week, ” maximum temperatures will approach normal », explains Meteo-France. ” Often between 6 and 12°C, they will still remain high near the Mediterranean “says the service. This coolness should then set in for a long time and temperatures will drop further – to fully enter the winter period.
” In view of the last winters, this is already news in itself. “, notes Météo-France. The mild period that we have just experienced is symptomatic of a trend: due to climate change and the global warming that it implies, our winters are sweeter and sweeter. This also has an impact on plants and their fruits… and therefore on our diet.
The arrival of cooler temperatures is accompanied in any case by turbulent weather this week: Météo-France is forecasting rain, very strong winds (even stormy in the west) and a return of snow in the center of the country.
