Das plötzlich fehlende CO2 führt zu massiver Abkühlung in Westeuropa

(WK-intern) – Rekordtiefe Temperaturen greifen diesen April Europa an und bedrohen die Ernten in ganz Frankreich.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – Am ersten Aprilwochenende strömte arktische Luft über Westeuropa und ließ die Temperaturen in Frankreich auf Rekordtiefs sinken, als die Landwirte sich bemühten, ihre Obsternten vor einem schädlichen Frost zu schützen.

Gefrierende Luft droht blühenden Pflanzen erhebliche und kostspielige Schäden zuzufügen.

Météo-France, der meteorologische Dienst des Landes, sagte, die Nacht des 3. April sei die kälteste Nacht auf nationaler Ebene seit der Einführung des nationalen Temperaturindikators im Jahr 1947 gewesen, mit einer Durchschnittstemperatur von 29,3 Grad Fahrenheit (1,5 Grad unter Null).

Thousands of fires lit to stave off historic cold at French farms

Record low temperatures are assailing Europe this April and threatening crops all over France.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – April 5, 2022 – Arctic air poured over Western Europe during the first weekend of April, causing temperatures to plummet to record low levels in France as farmers scrambled to protect their fruit crops from a damaging frost. Freezing air is threatening significant and costly damage to blossoming crops.

Météo-France, the country’s meteorological service, said the night of April 3 was the coldest night on a national scale since the creation of the national thermal indicator in 1947, with an average temperature of 29.3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees below zero Celsius).

The Mont Aigoual Observatory, located in southern France at an elevation of 5,141 feet (1,567 meters), recorded a daytime temperature of 19 F (7 below zero C) on Friday, April 1, which was the site’s coldest day in April since 1911. The high on April 5 of that year was only 16 F (9 below zero C). Data at the observation site dates back to December 1895.

The cold arrived with a winterlike snowfall across much of the region, including in downtown Paris, where snow fell for the first time in over a year. The snow proved to be more of a nuisance than a travel hazard in the metro area as the recent spring warmth caused immediate melting on roads and sidewalks.

Vintners lit rows of large candles in their groves to protect blooming buds and flowers from the frost.

“After that, you have to cross your fingers and pray to God,” said one French winemaker, whose vineyard has produced wine for 400 years.

PR: AccuWeather Global Weather Center

PB: Winzer zündeten in ihren Hainen Reihen großer Kerzen an, um blühende Knospen und Blumen vor dem Frost zu schützen.