From a cold snap to a big hot snap, which will not help the drought alert issued on March 31. According to Météo-France, with 26.1°C, the temperature recorded this Friday in Nice exceeds the previous record recorded for the month of April in the Riviera capital… almost 76 years ago. According to agency data, it was 26°C on April 17, 1946.
A temperature of 26.9°C was also recorded near Antibes (where the previous record, at 26.8°C, dated April 21, 2018). And it was in Menton that it was the hottest: 27.4°C, again with a broken record. 27.2°C was recorded on April 28, 2012.
foehn effect
These temperatures, worrying while restrictions on the use of water after a deficit “recharging season” are in force in 98 communes of the Alpes-Maritimes, should not last. If the thermometer panicked this Friday on the entire Côte d’Azur, it is because of a “foehn effect”, which produces a dry and hot wind on the descending slope of a mountain range, notes Météo -France.
Violent gusts have been sweeping the Alpes-Maritimes since Thursday evening. The department was placed in yellow vigilance “waves-submersion” until 9 p.m. this Friday. The city of Nice has prohibited access to its coastline for security reasons.