Record rain in France

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Record rain in France

#1 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:41 am

Record rain in France - 24 Aug 07 - Rainfall in northwestern France reached
record levels, with cities like Le Havre registering 21 days of rain in July, beating
the previous record of 16 in 1980.
In the northern city of Caen in Normandy, the weather service registered 592 hours
of sunshine from May 1st to August 21, well below the average of 809 hours.

Temperatures on the Atlantic coast have been on average two or three degrees
Celsius below seasonal averages, said Jean-Marc Le Gallic from Meteo France.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/sc ... 0824182019


More rainfall=cooler temperatures.
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