"The refreshment at the end of the year will not have changed anything. It is now official: with an average value over the whole country reaching 14 ° C, the temperature for the year 2020 is the hottest ever recorded, ahead of 2018, ”Météo-France announced on Twitter on Tuesday.

The year 2020 was the hottest recorded in France since the start of measurements in 1900, ahead of 2018, Météo-France announced on Tuesday after an "extraordinary" year which gives a new sign of global warming.

"The refreshment at the end of the year will not have changed anything. It is now official: with an average value over the whole country reaching 14 ° C, the temperature for the year 2020 is the hottest ever recorded, ahead of 2018 (13.9 ° C), "the organization said on Twitter.

️ The refreshment at the end of the year will not have changed anything.

It's now official: With an average value over the whole country reaching 14 ° C, the temperature for 2020 is the hottest ever recorded, ahead of 2018 (13.9 °).

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- Météo-France (@meteofrance) December 29, 2020

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