Météo France gives the reason

You didn't dream: a few snowflakes fell Toulouse and surrounding areas this Thursday, January 16, 2025 at noon.

But the episode was very short-lived. “It lasted about twenty minutes,” estimates Myriam Topa, meteorologist at Météo France. In places, snow was mixed with rain. At others, the flakes were more compact.

real snow

This snow has nothing to do with “industrial snow” as it fell in Montauban, in Tarn-et-Garonne, on Wednesday January 15.

If Haute-Garonne is indeed affected by a major episode of pollution which begins this Thursday, January 16, “this snow today is not linked to that or to industries”, underlines the weather expert.

Cold drop and freezing air for several days

The small flakes, which melted in the process, are linked to the cold drop which is currently in the Mediterranean. “We are really on the margins since the center is in the Maghreb,” explains Myriam Topa. However, “it created a forcing, a small, not very strong system which swept Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, northern Haute-Garonne and upper Gersbetween 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Combined with the cold that has been raging in the Pink City for five days now, “the rain that should have fallen was this time snow.”

An anecdotal episode

A small phenomenon that had to be savored, because according to Météo France, it is not about to happen again in Toulouse. Proof of this is that the sun has already returned in the middle of the afternoon, the cold drop located in the Mediterranean is in the process of disappearing, and the minimum values ​​return to their positive values ​​next week.

We know in Toulouse that the snow no longer lasts long. If she still shows up. By surprise, now!

Follow all the news from your favorite cities and media by subscribing to Mon Actu.