France has matched its record dry spell of 31 days without significant rainfall, the country’s weather service said Tuesday, amid concerns over water reserves in parts of Europe still reeling from last year’s severe drought.
With rainfall over the entire country of less than one millimetre a day since January 21, weather service Meteo France said the absence of precipitation equals the record set in spring 2020.
Winter is normally a crucial period for recharging groundwater levels with rainfall.
The number of days without rain has “never been seen” in winter before in records going back to 1959, Meteo France said Tuesday.