2023-08-04 10:52:38
It hadn’t rained so much in Paris at this time of year for 20 years. In July, an accumulation of 107 mm of water was recorded at the historic station of Montsouris, indicated on X (formerly Twitter) the forecaster of Météo France François Jobard. “To find a wetter month of July in the capital, you have to go back to 2001,” he added.
???? Cumulative 107mm to #Paris Montsouris in July. To find a wetter month of July in the capital, you have to go back to 2001????
Recently 6 out of 8 Julys (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022) had not had 20 mm of the month.
(Normal 1991-2020 : 59.4mm) pic.twitter.com/8X3aJnUB64
— Francois Jobard (@Francois_Jobard) August 1, 2023
Between July 20 and August 2, “104 mm of water fell on Paris”, said the Île-de-France prefecture on Thursday, quoted by France Blue. Over the past 20 years, “not only has there not been a year when so much water has fallen, but it is four times more than the average observed over the period”, confirmed Pierre -Antoine Molina, Prefect and Secretary General for Public Policy.
Friday, July 28 alone is to be engraved in the annals. Flooded streets and metro stations, deluge on the stairs of Montmartre… According to Météo France, an accumulation of 48.1 mm of rain was recorded during the day in Paris, with accumulations sometimes exceeding 20 mm in less than an hour . This is the daily total highest since June 11, 2018.
Another proof that the capital is breaking precipitation records, on the night of August 1 to 2, “the equivalent of a month and a half of rain” fell on the capital, noted the meteorologist Guillaume Séchet.
No cool day
Despite these significant rainy episodes, there were no cool days, that is to say when the temperature was below 20 degrees, between June 1 and July 31, asserted on X Francois Jobard. This is “a first” since the start of measurements at the Montsouris station in 1873, he notes. The month of June was also the second hottest ever recorded in France, revealed Météo France.
Despite this paradoxical and autumnal weather for the month of July, we must not question global warming. The rain should still be there until the end of the week, according to forecasts, before a return of sunny days and summer temperatures next week.
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