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Climate zoning for mainland France in 2020, drawn up by Météo-France. The climate of France is the statistical distribution of conditions in the Earth's atmosphere over the national territory, based on the averages and variability of relevant quantities over a given period, the standard reference period defined by the World Meteorological Organization being 30 years.
Bise (cold, northern wind in France and northeastern wind in Switzerland) Böhm (cold, dry wind in Central Europe) Bora (northeasterly from eastern Europe to northeastern Italy and northwestern Balkans) Burle (north wind which blows in the winter in south-central France) Cers (strong, very dry northeasterly wind in the bas-Languedoc region in ...
The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
In France, 14,802 heat-related deaths (mostly among the elderly) occurred during the heat wave, according to the French National Institute of Health. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] France does not commonly have very hot summers, particularly in the northern areas, [ 8 ] but eight consecutive days with temperatures of more than 40 °C (104 °F) were recorded in ...
Greece’s Culture Ministry ordered the Acropolis closed for several hours in the middle of the day Wednesday, while authorities warned of extreme conditions across much of the country as southern ...
Greece has spent more than 1.5 billion euros on drinking water infrastructure since 2019, the government said. But Argolida, an agricultural hub that produces roughly a third of Greece's oranges ...
By 26 June, however, Greece seemed to bear the brunt of the heatwave with temperatures in Athens reaching 46.2 °C (115.2 °F). [4] [5] The same day, Greece's national power consumption set a new record. [6] Parts of Greece, including neighbourhoods in Athens, suffered from power outages due to high electricity demand and heat damage to the grid.
A cold front moved out of Siberia on 24 November, and cold spell and snow storms also hit the Alps, on 26 November before hitting the UK on 29 November. [1] Other earlier, but unrelated, storms had dusted Northumberland and the Scottish Borders on 23–24 November, before being absorbed into the advancing Scandinavian weather system. [ 3 ]