October 2022 was the hottest October in France since meteorological measurements began in 1945, with an average temperature of 17.2°C, or 3.5°C above normal, Météo- France on twitter.
October was much warmer than October 2001 which held the previous record with an average temperature of 16.3°C and 2.6°C higher than normal, the public institution said. October 2020 and 2021, on the other hand, had been slightly cooler. This is the ninth consecutive month with a “positive anomaly”, that is to say temperatures above average, noted Météo-France.
Less frequent precipitation
Temperatures were particularly high for the season over a vast strip oriented from the southwest to the northeast from the Basque Country to Alsace, encompassing the interior of Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Limousin, Auvergne, the Lyonnais and a good part of Burgundy, according to a map distributed by the establishment.
As for precipitation, it was less frequent than usual over most of the territory, with an average total of 58 mm over the month, a deficit of 37% compared to normal.
This figure is uneven depending on the region, since the accumulations of precipitation are rather excess of 10 to 40% from the Center-Val-de-Loire to Champagne and from the north of Lorraine to Savoie, while the deficit exceeds 70% from Aquitaine to Occitania and the PACA region and Corsica, according to Météo-France.