Aug 25 2007
Miserable, Cold, Wet Summer In France
Kind of interesting. France has had the third worst summer in recorded history, only 1954 and 1977 were more miserable. Most of the nation has been much wetter and considerably cooler than historical averages.
PARIS (AFP) - It's official: France's rainy, grey and generally cold summer has been the worst for the past 30 years, the weather service said Friday, but tourist arrivals were the highest in five years.
July and August were wet across two-thirds of the country while the Mediterranean region was too dry, said Frederic Nathan, meteorologist at Meteo France.
"Yes we can say that it was a rotten summer," said Nathan. But the summers of 1954 and 1977 were worse, he added……
……Rainfall in northwestern France reached record levels, with cities like Le Havre registering 21 days of rain in July, beating the previous record of 16 in 1980.
In the northern city of Caen in Normandy, the weather service registered 592 hours of sunshine from May 1st to August 21, well below the average of 809 hours.
Temperatures on the Atlantic coast have been on average two or three degrees Celsius below seasonal averages, said Jean-Marc Le Gallic from Meteo France.
Britain has also had a miserably wet and cold summer. Interesting, no?
2 Responses to “Miserable, Cold, Wet Summer In France”
But none of this will deter those true believers who accept the settled science of the reality of manmade global warming. It will not test thier faith one bit.
This is mere weather, it says nothing about climate; unless, of course, it is hot, then it is obvious support of the settled science manmade global warming.
Too true Terrence. They figure they can kill any resistence to their agenda by using the technique of “death by a thousand ancedotes.”