For the sixth consecutive year, a winter warmer than normal in France. Between the beginning of December and the end of February, the mercury should exceed seasonal norms in France by "around two degrees" January was the eighth month in a row to be the hottest ever recorded in the world, according to the European Copernicus observatory.

In France, the average temperature is considered to already be at least 1.7°C above what it was before humanity's massive emissions of greenhouse gases affected the climate.