Temperatures fell again this morning, with values sometimes below -10 degrees. The cold will get even worse this afternoon. What should you expect? Find our latest forecasts in this article.
An air mass of polar origin invades France, causing extremely low temperatures again this morning in the north of the country, for the second morning in a row.
After the mid-week snowfall in Hauts-de-France, the presence of snow-covered ground, a clear sky at night and the absence of wind created weather conditions favoring exceptionally low temperatures in this region.
For the second morning in a row, severe, even very severe, frosts were observed in the far north of the country. While certain municipalities in Pas-de-Calais had approached -10 degrees yesterday morning, temperatures locally fell below -10 degrees this morning.
How will temperatures change over the next few hours? Will they fall further? Will the spring temperatures observed yesterday in the south of France also give way to colder conditions? Find our latest forecasts in this article.
Less than -10 degrees this morning!
This morning, extremely low temperatures were again recorded in the far north of France, particularly in Hauts-de-France, where the presence of still snow-covered ground favors a drop in temperatures.
Among the coldest temperatures recorded this morning, we note that recorded in Bourthes, in Pas-de-Calais, with a minimum of -10.9°C. This town is among the coldest towns in the plain.
Other extremely low temperatures were recorded in the early morning: -9°C in Humières (Pas-de-Calais), -8.5°C in Fiefs, also in Pas-de-Calais, -7.3°C in Luxeuil-les-Bains (Vosges), -7 °C in Dambach-la-Ville (Bas-Rhin) and -5.9°C in Lille (North).
-Generally speaking, as shown in the map above, The frosts spread across a large northeastern quarter this morning.
The cold is reaching the south of France this afternoon!
Yesterday afternoon, abnormally mild temperatures were recorded in the south of France. Locally, the 20°C mark has been crossed, with in particular 22.5°C recorded in Eus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
This afternoon, temperatures will sometimes drop several degrees, particularly in the south of France compared to yesterday.
It is planned at the best time of the day 2°C in Auxerre, 3°C in Reims, Nancy and Nantes, 4°C in Paris, Lille, Bourges and Lyon, 5°C in Aurillac and Grenoble, 6°C in Montélimar, 7°C in La Rochelle, 9°C in Bordeaux, 10 °C in Marseille, 11°C in Biarritz, 13°C in Nice and Montpellier, 14°C in Perpignan and 16°C in Bastia and Ajaccio.
Even colder tomorrow in the south?
Temperatures are expected to drop further tomorrow, not in the north where they will remain low, but in the south, where even colder values are expected.
In the southwest of France, temperatures will sometimes be it will be very difficult to exceed 5 to 6 degrees tomorrow afternoon.
In Perpignan, 9°C is forecast tomorrow afternoon, compared to more than 21°C recorded yesterday, a drop of 12 degrees in the space of two days!
