The year 2020 was the hottest recorded in France since the start of measurements in 1900, ahead of 2018, Météo-France announced Tuesday after an “extraordinary” year which gives a new sign of global warming.
“The refreshment at the end of the year will not have changed anything.
It is now official: with an average value over the whole country reaching 14 ° C, the temperature for the year 2020 is the hottest ever recorded, ahead of 2018 (13.9 ° C) ”, specified the organization on Twitter.
🌡️ The refreshment at the end of the year will not have changed anything.
It's now official: With an average value over the whole country reaching 14 ° C, the temperature for 2020 is the hottest ever recorded, ahead of 2018 (13.9 °).
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- Météo-France (@meteofrance) December 29, 2020
In mid-December, Météo-France had already estimated this record probable, still awaiting data for December to confirm it.
Despite a “rather cool” start and end of December, the month ended up being rather mild on average, not allowing the trend to be reversed.
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The year 2020 thus ranks at the top of the podium ahead of 2018 and 2014, with a series of extreme events throughout the year, from storms at the start of the year to exceptional rainy episodes in autumn, including two episodes of heatwave during the summer.
The first half of 2020 was already the hottest ever recorded in France with an average of 12.5 ° C.
The months of January, February and April saw particularly high monthly temperatures (as in 2007 and 2014 for that matter).
🌡️ This first half of 2020 is the hottest ever recorded in France with a national average temperature of 12.5 ° C, i.e. a temperature anomaly of + 1.8 ° C.
It is very slightly ahead of the first half of 2007 (12.4 ° C).
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- Météo-France (@meteofrance) June 30, 2020
Another sign of global warming, of the 120 years since national averages were measured, nine of the ten warmest years are in the 21st century and seven in the last decade.
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This warming faithfully mirrors that seen globally, with the World Weather Organization estimating that 2020 is expected to be one of the three hottest years on record.
This was emerging from the first five months of the year.