Climate: 2022, the hottest year recorded in France

A pharmacy thermometer indicates a temperature of 43 degrees Celsius, in Nantes, July 13, 2022. REUTERS - STEPHANE MAHE

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Over the whole year, the temperature reached an average of 14.5°C in France.

Météo-France describes this record as a “ 

 ”.

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The year 2022 is indeed the hottest ever recorded in metropolitan France, with 14.5 degrees of average annual temperature, confirmed Friday

.

“

” since the start of the readings in 1900, “

”, with 14.07°C, specifies Météo France.

The whole country is concerned: 2022 is the hottest year since 1947 in all administrative regions except in Île-de-France where 2022 ranks second.

Record rainfall deficit

Very hot, 2022 will also have been "

" in terms of drought, announced Friday Météo-France, which recorded a "

" of some 25% since the start of the surveys in 1959. Here too, all the departments are concerned. 

This deficit, the precise figure of which is to be published later, is almost tied with that measured in 1989, specifies the meteorological institute which must confirm "

" which of the two years is the driest.

On a European scale, the French record of 2022 is no exception.

Many other countries had their hottest year, says Météo-France.

On the whole globe, despite the cooling caused by a planetary context "La Niña" extending over three consecutive years, the year 2022 will however be the fifth or sixth hottest year recorded in the world. 

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AFP)

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