The south of France, just like much of the rest of the country, experienced major rainfall during September, which has gone down as one of the wettest in recent history.
For locals living on the Riviera, it felt as though the region was battered by storm after storm last month. In one particularly heavy downpour, vehicles floated down the Avenue de la République in Cannes, while record lightning strikes hit the Var during an earlier orange weather-alert storm.
In all, some 162mm of rain was recorded, on average, across the Alpes-Maritimes last month. It was the first September that the department experienced a rainfall surplus exceeding historical averages since 2012.
This unusually soggy month has significantly contributed to the year’s overall rainfall surplus. So far in 2024, Nice has recorded 850mm of rain, considerably above annual precipitation averages. Nationally, France is on course for its wettest year since 2000.
In comments shared on social media, meteorologist Guillaume Séchet summed the situation up by noting, “As of 30th September, 2024 is the wettest year in France since the beginning of the century, with a cumulative total of 766mm over nine months. Depending on the end of the year, it could (or could not) dethrone the year 2000, which totalled 969mm over 12 months.”
MORE TO COME?
It seems that fickle Mother Nature isn’t quite done yet with the Côte d’Azur either. Météo France forecasting more rain on five of the next 10 days for southern France and Monaco, and a thunderstorm is looking increasingly likely for the start of next week.
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