For the First Time in France Since 1945

The French meteorological agency "Météo France" predicted in a statement that October 2022 would become the warmest month since weather data recording began in 1945. With average temperatures approaching 17 degrees Celsius or slightly higher, an increase of three to four degrees above normal levels, last October was warmer than the average recorded in October 2001, when the average temperature was 16.33 degrees. The second half of the month experienced an unusually prolonged and challenging rise in temperatures, with temperatures in the city of Bordeaux in the southwest of France reaching 30 degrees Celsius on October 16.