Toulouse heat illustration. - F. Lancelot / SIPA

Weather wise, December was like the rest of the year in Toulouse. The temperatures recorded were significantly milder than the seasonal normal according to Météo France with an average of 6 ° C for the minimums and 13 ° C for the maximums in the Pink City, ie three degrees above normal.

With an overall average of 15 ° C, or + 1.2 ° above normal, 2019 is the fifth warmest year.

2019 shows a new record for the average maximum temperature in Toulouse: 19.9 degrees, or +1.4 degrees compared to normal! #Climate change @meteofrance pic.twitter.com/0cB8y048eY

- Pascal Boureau (@ pboureau31) January 2, 2020

But it beats a record if we focus on maximum temperatures. With an average value of 19.9 ° C at Blagnac, it is the hottest on these values ​​since the start of observations in 1947, just before 2011 and 2003 indicates Météo France.

🌡️Hottest years in # France🇫🇷 since 1900

2018: 13.9 ° C (+1.4)
2014: 13.8 ° C (+1.2)
2019: 13.7 ° C (+1.1) -> # year2019 in 3rd row
2011: 13.6 ° C (+1.1)
2015: 13.5 ° C (+1.0)
2003: 13.5 ° C (+1.0)
2017: 13.4 ° C (+0.8)

avg 1981-2010: 12.6 ° C
(rounded to the tenth of ° C) #climate pic.twitter.com/bdfcFli4cq

- Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) January 2, 2020

Slightly frosted, very sunny

Only the months of January and May were a little colder than normal, the rest of the year experienced values ​​higher than the monthly averages, in particular the summer period which recorded two periods of heat wave with a June 27 which peaked at 40 ° C in Toulouse and 42 ° C in Grenade-sur-Garonne.

The people of Toulouse did not have to take out their ice raclette, only 13 nights of frost were recorded last year, against 31 on average.

In terms of sunshine, with 2,239 hours on the clock in Toulouse, the inhabitants had a bonus of 200 hours compared to normal.

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