Meteorological experts share their predictions for the days to come and in particular for January 1st. What will the weather be like on the first day of 2025 in France?
The Christmas holidays took place extremely mildly, although they heralded the arrival of winter. The average temperatures recorded on French soil were slightly above seasonal averages and the sky, which was often gray, did not allow much rain to escape. But what will happen on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve? In other words, many of us are already wondering how the year 2025 will begin when 2024 was marked by rainfall records decades oldespecially in the capital. First of all, know that the weather will not be as good this time.
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In fact, according to experts a disruption could cross the country from Wednesday January 1. We are talking about strong winds which could ultimately turn into storm depending on the turn of events, and already baptized Éowyn. The north-west and north of the country would then be more massively impacted, until January 2 inclusive. More precisely, as stipulated by our colleagues atactu.fr who compiled the different forecasters’ models, these are “gusts of the order of 100 km/h, or even up to 110, 120 or 130 km/h” Who “could collide” the coasts of Brittany, Normandy and Hauts-de-France. “At a lower intensity, the wind could rush inland in a large northern third, from Pays-de-la-Loire, to Alsace”we also emphasize.
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This depression could form as early as December 31 off the Atlantic and will first pass over the British Isles. “So it’sair froid which will push this disturbance southward”we insist in a bulletin The Weather Channel of December 28, four days before the deadline. Meteorologists say it will be a “relative cold” et “completely in season”which will nevertheless be “noticeable due to the wind (felt)” et “cold enough to allow snow to fall to lower altitudes again (600 to 800 m)”. And this without going through a “rainy mild” !
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Flakes are expected in Norway, Sweden and Finland, and as far as Belgium. “But France, on the fringes of this Arctic descent, will only experience the passage of a cold front: precipitation will not be as abundant as during the pre-Christmas snowstorm, but the weather will still be temporarily disrupted between January 1st and 3rd”it is said, suggesting that we should not expect any complications when getting around… The snow sera more concretely present from the following weekendfrom 1,000 meters, “then will drop to around 700 to 800 meters, or even 600 meters on the Vosges”. He could fall between 10 and 30 cm on certain massifs like the Northern Alps.
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Good traffic conditions on the roads
You will have understood: no snow in the plains to start the new year! If vacationers who have chosen the mountains to celebrate the holidays with family or friends have had a hollow nose, the French who will choose to travel by car on the night of December 31 to January 1 can therefore rest assured: traffic conditions shouldn’t be too bad at that time.
It is all the more important to point out that, like the night of Christmas Eve, accidents on the road are more serious and the number of deaths increases significantly during the transition to the new year. “On average, 9 people die every day on the roads of mainland France”reveals the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory, based on data collected in 2023. “But 16 people died on December 31, 2023 and January 1, 2024 (5 on December 31, 2023 and 11 on January 1, 2024)”we explain later, without forgetting to emphasize that “this assessment can vary quite significantly from one year to the next, due to the fact that each accident results from individual combinations of circumstances”.
