In Occitania, it is, for example, “the driest situation encountered at this time of year since 1958”, announced Météo France on Friday. Article written by Published on 28/10/2022 17:01 Updated on 28/10/2022 17:32 Reading time: 1 min. It’s time to worry. While summer is playing extra time with a record month of October in terms of heat in France, the historic drought that is hitting the country continues to rage and is even getting worse in the South, Météo France announced on Friday, October 28. “October 2022 should be the hottest month of October in France since the start of measurements in 1945, with an average temperature which should be close to, or even higher than, 17°C (3 to 4°C above the normal) over the whole month”, confirmed the public establishment on Friday. ️ A few days before the end of this month of #October, the average T°C anomaly already shows a value above 3°C. Very substantial value last reached in February 2020. ➡️https://t.co/SaqdRTZ27E pic.twitter.com/xcOAzH6IUK — Météo-France (@meteofrance) October 28, 2022 In addition to an abnormally high thermometer for the season, the precipitation “has been less frequent than usual over most of the territory, on average to date deficit of more than 30%”, with a deficit which exceeds 70% on an axis going from the Landes and Basque coasts to the PACA region and Corsica, specifies Météo France in a press release. Result: the summer drought persists in places and even worsens in several regions. Thus, the soils “are slightly drier than normal in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Normandy”, while in New Aquitaine and Occitania, the drying corresponds “to a state usually observed in the middle of summer”. “In Occitania, this is the driest situation encountered at this time of year since 1958”, is underlined. However, soils are returning to “a normal state for this time of year in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Centre-Val-de-Loire, Grand-Est and Île-de-France regions”. Thursday, the Ministry of Ecological Transition reported 78 departments still experiencing restrictions on the use of water. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link