The Local France

In Pictures: Delightful photos of France at its spring best

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:19:03 +0200

Record temperatures may have made it feel like France skipped straight from winter to summer, but the heat isn't yet baking, the tourists are still manageable and the countryside is just popping into bloom: it must be spring.

Spring is in the air: France set for warmest day of year so far

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:10:31 +0200

After a winter that brought severe floods and heavy snow to large swathes of the country, France finally welcomes spring on Friday, when the country will enjoy the warmest day of the year so far.

It's official: Paris drenched by wettest spring in 150 years

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:52:03 +0200

There was confirmation on Monday of something those living in the French capital had suspected - this spring has been very wet, in fact the wettest in 150 years.

Mercury rises as France welcomes in spring

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:22:00 +0100

After one of the wettest, warmest and windiest winters on record France welcomes in the spring this weekend with the mercury already having hit 21°C in parts of the country and the warm weather looks set to remain for at least a week.

'Don't rule out a hot French summer just yet'

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:26:00 +0200

Forget about any 75 percent tax rate, the on-going cold and wet weather is enough to push people living in France to seek exile abroad. Is France really heading for the coldest summer in 200 years, as some in the know have suggested? We speak to a forecaster to find out.

Top ten Paris street fashions for spring 2013

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:17:00 +0100

The weather may be telling a winter's tale, but Thursday marks the beginning of spring, officially anyway – which means it’s time to re-examine your wardrobe.

Drunken deer forces driver off the road

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:18:01 +0200

A driver in northern France was forced off a country road after a drunken deer stumbled in front of his car.