The first half of November 2011 is the warmest on record. After a spring that was already exceptionally hot and dry, autumn 2011 probably will rank among the warmest. The first half of November 2011 shows temperatures above 3.7 ° C above normal.
This is the mildest start to November on record following November 1977 (+3.0 ° C), 1994 (+2.9 ° C), 1963 (+2.7 ° C) and 1984 (+2.5 ° C ).The maximum difference in temperature from the normal is 4.4 ° C for the South-West of France, while the minimum deviation is “only” +2.7 ° C for northeast of the country.
Three-quarters of France, except the South-East near the coast, face a chronic lack of rainfall exceeding 40% of normal since September. The drought is particularly severe in the North and West
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