Downpours fell on France this Wednesday, October 9, 2024 due to the passage of the Kirk depression. Rain gauges overflowed in several regions while 29 departments were still placed on orange alert by Météo France this Wednesday evening, including 17 for “rain-flooding”. Seine-et-Marne is placed on red “flood” alert until this Thursday. The bad weather was particularly violent in Loire" rel="tag">Pays de la Loire, Île-de-France, the South-West and the South-East, where record amounts of rain and winds were observed.
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A month of rain in one day
Vendée and Loire-Atlantique experienced particularly intense rain from the start of the day, as an Internet user on
But the rain record for this extraordinary day in France goes to the island of Noirmoutier, in Vendée, with 94.4 mm of precipitation recorded at 10 p.m. Noirmoutier-en-l’Île in the last 24 hours, according to the site Meteociel. Followed by the town of Pornic, with 87.6 mm, and Nantes with 80.4 mm in Loire-Atlantique. In Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in Maine-et-Loire, we recorded 74.4 mm in 24 hours at 10 p.m., and 68.4 mm in Le Mans in Sarthe.
The rainy episode then spread to Center-val-de-Loire then towards Île-de-France and southern Picardy at the end of the afternoon, and finally towards Champagne-Ardenne, and the west Lorraine in the evening. For example, we recorded 77.2 mm in Nogent-Le-Rotrou and 72 mm in Vichères in Eure-et-Loir, 73.4 mm in Suresnes in Hauts-de-Seine, 67.6 mm in Toussus-le- Noble in Yvelines and 59.4 mm in Signy-le-Petit in the Ardennes.
“These are quantities that usually fall within a month,” note Météo France
Paris misses the record
In Paris, we almost broke the record for the wettest day in history. Only one day had more water, October 17, 1920 with 74 mm, according to Guillaume Woznica, the channel’s weather presenter. LCIon X. The totals for the day reached 66.6 mm at 10 p.m. in the capital.
The rains were also heavy in the southern half of France in places. In the Alpes-Maritimes for example, where 48 mm were recorded in 24 hours in the town of Carros. Significant levels also in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with 34.9 mm in Iraty Orgambide.
Particularly violent
Particularly violent winds hit France this Wednesday. The day’s record was measured in Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, at the Aiguille du Midi site, where maximum speeds reached 163 km/h. Winds also exceeded 100 km/h in the Rhône, Isère, Puy-de-Dôme and Cantal.
