China News Agency, Paris, January 6 (Reporter Li Yang) The French Meteorological Agency issued a statement on the 6th local time stating that 2022 will become the hottest year since France has meteorological records.
At the same time, France will have significantly less precipitation in 2022, leading to severe drought.
The statement stated that the average annual temperature in France in 2022 will reach 14.5 degrees Celsius, creating the highest value since relevant meteorological records began in 1900.
The annual average temperature is much higher than other years.
At the same time, 2022 will also record the highest average annual temperature since 1947 in almost all French regions.
The French Meteorological Agency confirmed in a statement that the average monthly temperature in France for most of 2022 will be higher than that of the same period in normal years, and only the average temperature in January and April is basically normal.
In summer, France has been hit by heat waves since June. Some cities recorded a high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius in that month, which has never been recorded in mainland France before.
The statement pointed out that the phenomenon of high temperatures in France has occurred continuously since 2010, and 8 of the 10 hottest years since meteorological records were recorded after 2010.
If current conditions continue, current temperature patterns will become "the norm" by 2050.
The statement also said that the severe drought in France in 2022 is mainly due to the fact that the precipitation is 25% lower than normal, and all French provinces will be affected by the low precipitation.
In 2022, the French land drought will last for a long time, and the land area affected by the drought will reach three-quarters of the French land area.
In addition, in 2022, the sunshine duration in many places in France will be relatively longer, especially in the northern region. For example, Rennes will have 2088 hours of sunshine in 2022, while the annual sunshine duration of this city is generally 1761 hours.
Meteo-France believes that the high temperature is caused by climate change.
Meteorologists believe that unusually high temperatures will occur more frequently in the European region.
Due to the recent increase in temperature caused by climate anomalies, the amount of snow on the slopes of the French Alps and Pyrenees has decreased significantly, and many winter sports events have been forced to be canceled or postponed.
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