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Paris: 2018 was the hottest year in France since modern records began in 1900, the French meteorological service said Friday.
“This year was the hottest France has known since modern meteorological measures came into use in 1900,” Meteo-France said.
The average temperature of 14 degrees centigrade (57.2 Fahrenheit) was 1.4 degrees above the average recorded between 1981 and 2010, it said in a statement.
That put it ahead of two other remarkably hot recent years, 2014 and 2011, which were 1.2 and 1.1 degrees above the average.
The year began with an unseasonably warm January, but temperatures really began to soar in April which saw the hottest summer since 2003, when 15,000 people died during a prolonged heatwave.
“From April to December France had nine consecutive warm months,” Meteo-France added. (AFP)
“This year was the hottest France has known since modern meteorological measures came into use in 1900,” Meteo-France said.
The average temperature of 14 degrees centigrade (57.2 Fahrenheit) was 1.4 degrees above the average recorded between 1981 and 2010, it said in a statement.
That put it ahead of two other remarkably hot recent years, 2014 and 2011, which were 1.2 and 1.1 degrees above the average.
The year began with an unseasonably warm January, but temperatures really began to soar in April which saw the hottest summer since 2003, when 15,000 people died during a prolonged heatwave.
“From April to December France had nine consecutive warm months,” Meteo-France added. (AFP)
