The temperatures were starting to rise, the sun was warming up, all the signs were there to mark the arrival of spring and sunny days, like an ordinary month of April.
But after two weeks of summer, a wave of cold brutally fell on the country, until this Friday, April 1, part of France saw snowflakes covering its sidewalks.
Nobody really believed in it, but the Parisians, Rouennais, Lille, Lyonnais and others have pulled out their down jackets and hats.
“Monday, we had a great sun, it was summer, and we return very quickly to winter, comments Geoffrey, in Paris.
It's dramatic” Inevitably, few people are happy with this weather, especially since the shadow of climate change is not far away.
"Climate change is real," insists Salma, an American, clinging as best she can to her umbrella.
"It's dramatic" abounds Geoffrey.
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Snow is only expected to fall until today in most of the country, however, except for eastern France, which will continue to see flakes tomorrow.
Temperatures will rise slightly, rising according to Météo-France… between 2°C and 10°C.