France Weather Records in 2020

2,267 weather records set or tied in France in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for France in 2020

2,267 weather records were set or tied in France in 2020.
1,657 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
2,179 records set in 2020 still stand in France.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in France each year from 1911 to 2026, stacked by type. 2020 had 2,267.

Weather records per year in France, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1911	0	0	0	0	4	4
1912	0	0	0	0	17	17
1913	0	0	0	0	12	12
1914	0	0	0	0	16	16
1915	0	0	0	0	13	13
1916	0	0	0	0	7	7
1917	0	0	0	0	12	12
1918	0	0	0	0	4	4
1919	0	0	0	0	7	7
1920	0	0	0	0	24	24
1921	0	0	0	0	15	15
1922	0	0	0	0	18	18
1923	0	0	0	0	19	19
1924	0	0	0	0	20	20
1925	0	0	0	0	21	21
1926	0	0	0	0	38	38
1927	12	5	0	0	41	58
1928	13	4	0	0	30	47
1929	13	7	0	0	38	58
1930	29	9	21	5	59	123
1931	28	54	35	45	74	236
1932	45	37	82	22	106	292
1933	44	59	68	39	72	282
1934	42	18	54	13	96	223
1935	26	32	42	20	124	244
1936	21	44	45	40	112	262
1937	35	4	50	15	143	247
1938	58	44	50	34	68	254
1939	38	33	58	23	93	245
1940	16	47	32	66	75	236
1941	22	76	28	44	76	246
1942	18	49	32	26	73	198
1943	37	6	35	1	55	134
1944	32	18	42	14	64	170
1945	72	19	57	38	50	236
1946	41	22	32	24	51	170
1947	106	29	81	17	58	291
1948	75	42	63	36	66	282
1949	69	12	105	42	57	285
1950	38	21	51	11	67	188
1951	21	52	60	21	137	291
1952	64	39	95	40	107	345
1953	70	31	80	38	57	276
1954	33	110	42	84	105	374
1955	84	46	98	78	146	452
1956	30	210	60	199	130	629
1957	108	99	159	52	155	573
1958	106	128	154	70	209	667
1959	106	32	135	25	168	466
1960	78	113	130	72	247	640
1961	212	62	247	63	149	733
1962	45	215	108	196	167	731
1963	45	226	97	158	209	735
1964	66	120	140	62	171	559
1965	37	172	70	53	237	569
1966	74	121	182	69	223	669
1967	63	99	134	81	162	539
1968	108	77	86	69	206	546
1969	45	156	103	67	197	568
1970	74	98	90	82	191	535
1971	59	121	88	157	215	640
1972	21	135	37	106	205	504
1973	48	103	123	96	225	595
1974	106	191	141	107	231	776
1975	210	262	210	127	295	1,104
1976	300	122	268	135	279	1,104
1977	263	385	317	202	394	1,561
1978	223	415	210	225	395	1,468
1979	152	281	294	202	453	1,382
1980	181	535	191	308	396	1,611
1981	246	295	503	217	450	1,711
1982	298	78	413	86	415	1,290
1983	473	155	587	153	362	1,730
1984	264	322	174	138	360	1,258
1985	388	586	246	438	264	1,922
1986	173	429	282	276	348	1,508
1987	351	269	525	204	355	1,704
1988	205	84	436	115	414	1,254
1989	622	78	562	82	288	1,632
1990	621	50	587	77	288	1,623
1991	246	305	331	185	269	1,336
1992	282	182	373	104	433	1,374
1993	269	336	322	213	403	1,543
1994	336	132	618	59	392	1,537
1995	342	94	415	139	434	1,424
1996	196	212	248	141	380	1,177
1997	431	154	626	135	324	1,670
1998	507	173	403	164	360	1,607
1999	304	57	407	72	483	1,323
2000	261	106	452	58	462	1,339
2001	320	102	476	164	407	1,469
2002	386	89	487	43	377	1,382
2003	897	115	937	141	429	2,519
2004	330	66	330	85	494	1,305
2005	517	166	555	208	297	1,743
2006	899	202	926	199	481	2,707
2007	776	397	901	420	467	2,961
2008	240	211	367	233	634	1,685
2009	553	197	592	338	448	2,128
2010	292	575	407	515	508	2,297
2011	1,106	171	793	180	443	2,693
2012	691	402	554	455	510	2,612
2013	406	524	565	369	525	2,389
2014	685	82	666	97	608	2,138
2015	1,162	145	1,004	165	448	2,924
2016	580	123	573	194	486	1,956
2017	897	145	736	229	377	2,384
2018	757	198	910	221	533	2,619
2019	913	73	729	193	399	2,307
2020	851	87	806	94	429	2,267
2021	521	101	531	165	373	1,691
2022	1,378	126	1,236	133	291	3,164
2023	1,098	35	1,185	38	404	2,760
2024	594	57	936	108	510	2,205
2025	505	35	531	9	223	1,303
2026	954	2	929	7	133	2,025

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in France: 1920s 2.4 to 1, 1930s 1.5 to 1, 1940s 1.6 to 1, 1950s 1.2 to 1, 1960s 0.9 to 1, 1970s 0.9 to 1, 1980s 1.5 to 1, 1990s 2.6 to 1, 2000s 3.2 to 1, 2010s 2.9 to 1, 2020s 12 to 1.

Record highs per record low in France, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1920s	2.38 to 1
1930s	1.46 to 1
1940s	1.59 to 1
1950s	1.15 to 1
1960s	0.92 to 1
1970s	0.91 to 1
1980s	1.47 to 1
1990s	2.63 to 1
2000s	3.18 to 1
2010s	2.87 to 1
2020s	12.11 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 2,179

Records still standing in France by the year they were set. 2,179 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in France by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1877	7
1878	11
1880	8
1881	5
1882	3
1883	6
1884	13
1885	8
1886	9
1887	12
1888	4
1889	4
1890	15
1891	15
1892	15
1893	14
1894	12
1895	23
1896	31
1897	18
1898	16
1899	31
1900	31
1901	94
1902	107
1903	104
1904	63
1905	85
1906	102
1907	67
1908	72
1909	115
1910	81
1911	105
1912	134
1913	63
1914	74
1915	64
1916	40
1917	122
1918	112
1919	140
1920	145
1921	337
1922	416
1923	334
1924	288
1925	375
1926	348
1927	239
1928	221
1929	351
1930	300
1931	339
1932	317
1933	350
1934	197
1935	295
1936	389
1937	203
1938	328
1939	264
1940	273
1941	242
1942	217
1943	159
1944	164
1945	469
1946	593
1947	992
1948	867
1949	834
1950	641
1951	952
1952	1,616
1953	1,039
1954	1,265
1955	1,772
1956	1,955
1957	1,040
1958	1,871
1959	858
1960	1,142
1961	1,163
1962	1,555
1963	1,832
1964	1,019
1965	1,152
1966	1,178
1967	731
1968	832
1969	1,038
1970	812
1971	1,066
1972	979
1973	1,576
1974	2,386
1975	2,148
1976	2,232
1977	2,718
1978	2,579
1979	1,308
1980	1,673
1981	1,597
1982	1,581
1983	2,291
1984	2,401
1985	4,219
1986	3,136
1987	3,538
1988	1,648
1989	2,067
1990	2,237
1991	2,288
1992	1,928
1993	2,369
1994	2,134
1995	2,037
1996	2,243
1997	2,491
1998	2,290
1999	1,854
2000	1,894
2001	2,204
2002	1,999
2003	3,249
2004	1,890
2005	2,442
2006	2,693
2007	2,637
2008	1,692
2009	1,960
2010	2,808
2011	2,240
2012	2,602
2013	2,439
2014	1,896
2015	2,690
2016	1,718
2017	1,939
2018	2,560
2019	2,203
2020	2,179
2021	1,658
2022	3,094
2023	2,834
2024	2,358
2025	2,354
2026	2,930

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).