idun Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 There was a heat wave last summer in France, but I am wondering what the weather was like in the Bordeaux region. I have recently been told that it was as hot as usual, but nothing especially hot and no heat wave....... is this right???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 We were not there much this summer, but friends who live there permanently moaned quite a lot about the variability of the weather and how different it was to normal.I'm sure others will give first hand experiences.NB bu**er all on the walnut trees around our house this year but lots just a few kms away on the Route de Noix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 https://www.accuweather.com/en/fr/bordeaux/131913/june-weather/131913?monyr=6/1/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 OK - objectively it appears superficially that it was hot - however would still like the opinion of those who were there throughout the summer. Spring and autumn may have given a different interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 The only thing I've heard about the weather in that region, and right across into Occitanie, where we live, is that it's been a disastrous year for the grape harvest. Mainly due to a heavy frost during Spring, followed by prolongued hot dry weather. The only exception is our dept, the Gers, which somehow avoided the frost and has had an excellent grape harvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Surely the temperature figures answer your original question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Honestly? It was shite. OK, it didn't rain a lot, but it rained more than I'm used to. It wasn't especially warm, either. There were a few nice days, nice chunks of days, but overall it was pretty pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 YCCMB I second that. Rubbish weather on the whole. First couple of weeks in September which are usually lovely were really chilly . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindal1000 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 You must live in a different part to me! In fairness Nouvelle Aquitaine is a big region and the weather can be totally different from one part to another. The climate in Bordeaux tends to be bit milder..not so hot in summer and not so cold in winter, due to its proximity to the sea. My recollection of summer is that it was average. We certainly had some very hot days in August, a few storms, a cool two weeks in September and lately some lovely mild and sunny October days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I agree, Lindal. Never mind Nouvelle Aquitaine, the Dordogne alone is a very large area. Recently, someone told me that it is the size of Belgium.Walked in warm weather in the Périgord Noir area mid October where it was still very much summer. Last Sunday, however, spent the day in Nontron (art exhibition) and it rained all day (horrible fine wet chilling rain) but when I got home (less than an hour) I found that it was sunny and hardly a drop of rain had fallen. I have found a noticeable difference both summer and winter between my present location in the Dordogne and my previous location in the Charente Maritime, with the CM being less hot and less cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I apologise. I just sort of assumed that "Summer" meant around July/August. We came back on September 18th and I'd been in France since July 8th. Sounds like late September/October were nice, but in my bit of the Charente Maritime the neighbours were joking that they hoped I wasn't staying too long, as I often bring rain and they wanted to get on with farming jobs that required dry weather. I cleaned the pool this year exponentially more than I ever swam in it, wore jeans at least as often as I wore shorts, and sat in the drizzle watching the Circuit dès Remparts and stood in the same spot for seven hours to watch the Tour de France without getting sunstroke.However, as others have said, Nouvelle Acquitaine is big. In fact, it's 12.5%of France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Part of June was hot in our neck of the woods YCCMB. August mostly was a very mixed bag and first few weeks cooler than usual. Finally end of Aug beginning of Sep hot. Betty our locals were bemoaning the poor Summer weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 So there was a heatwave in lots of France, just not the west, OK, I hadn't realised that.Has the drought affected the west as much as the rest of France too then?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I can only refer to the Gers, where we live. Since we came the summers have always been in general long hot and sunny, with a tendency to drought. But there seems to have been an increase in the temperatures, and a reduction in the rainfall, with each year.We have a large pond, a mare , in our garden, which always used to be full at the end of winter. Lots of frogs and other wildlife. But this last year it has never filled up and the wildlife has departed. Many parts of the SW have had water restrictions this summer as the rivers and reservoirs are so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 No drought where I am. In fact some of the gear they use for watering the crops have not even been set up. Some watering but only for a very few days. No water restriction either.Had spells of dry weather well interspersed with days of rain.Very warm for maybe 3 weeks. Mind you, I only estimate "very warm" if I have to move to the bedroom in the sous-sol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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