Historic winter drought in France

The Issole dry river in Flassan sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to Météo France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February.
"The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes Stéphanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne).
Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, Météo-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Flassan sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry river in Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The Issole dry lake in Besse sur Issole, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.
The dry lake of Carc?s, Southern France on March 6, 2023 .Mid-February, the rainfall deficit in the Var reached 37%, according to M?t?o France. Of the 621 mm of cumulative rain expected from September to March, corresponding to the groundwater recharge period, only 327 mm have fallen to date, including barely 4 mm in February. "The Var appears as a laboratory of what awaits the rest of France", analyzes St?phanie Beucher, geographer and member of the Habiter research team (University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne). Metropolitan France has not experienced real rain for 31 days, confirmed Tuesday, February 21, M?t?o-France. An absence of precipitation which equals the very recent record of 2020 and compromises the recovery of groundwater, depleted by the historic drought of last year.Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Abacapress.