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Summer is coming (yes, we swear), but the rain doesn’t seem to stop in France! Do you know which city in France had the most precipitation? The answer might surprise you. At home perhaps?
In May, do what you please… The famous saying was clearly not relevant this year! According to data from Météo France, spring 2024 was the 4th rainiest spring recorded since measurements began in 1959. And if certain places in France have been spared from the constant deluge, there is a city in France which has been even more watered than all the others. And it’s not necessarily a place you would think of….
When will the sun return (sustainably) and the rain stops? In addition to plunging the morale of the French, the almost incessant rainfall in the country complicates the work of farmers: the fields are waterlogged, vegetables cannot be planted, fruits rot… There are many inhabitants of France hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel and finally be able to take out their sandals and other summer clothes.
Several places in France were, however, rather spared from the rain, according to the site’s figures. Weather sky. For example, La Ciotat and Ajaccio, in Corsica, recorded the lowest figure in May 2024 with 14.4 mm of precipitation, followed by the Ile du Levant, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur with 22 mm of precipitation. monthly precipitation, Saint-Brieuc (although located in Brittany) with 22.3 mm and Porquerelles with 23.5 mm.
If some areas were able to remain relatively dry in the spring of 2024, others were not able to escape the rain, such as Chamonix where 192.3 mm of precipitation was recorded for the month of May, as well as Biarritz with 189.3 mm. . But the city which has, without a doubt, been the wettest in May 2024 is… Limoges, with no less than 204.6 mm. The Limougeauds were certainly surprised by this sudden rain since last year, they were entitled to approximately three times less precipitation with 62.9 mm recorded in May 2023, again according to Weather sky.
According to Météo France forecaster François Gourand, this rainy weather is not so surprising, as he explained to Release : “Northwest influences bring us cool, humid air and prevent hot, dry weather from setting in. But once again, the hot and dry weather in the north of France is not normal for our climate, which is characterized by alternating dry and rainy periods.“.