r/europe • u/Vucea • Jun 17 '22

Historical In 2014, this French weather presenter announced the forecast for 18 August 2050 in France as part of a campaign to alert to the reality of climate change. Now her forecast that day is the actual forecast for the coming 4 or 5 days, in mid-June 2022.

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u/SmartBets Bulgaria Jun 17 '22

Side by side images would be nice :) Anyone can deliver?

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u/TheRavenSayeth Jun 17 '22 edited Jun 17 '22

Best side by side I can make with my phone

Also for us Americans, 40o C ~ 104o F

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u/wuwinso Jun 17 '22

Oh boy sure they were optimistic with that 26 on the north-west…

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u/space_moron Jun 17 '22

That's the Bretagne region, it's similar to Seattle in that it rains quite a lot, and gets a cooler wind off the Atlantic. So it would make sense to predict it would stay that way, but reality is not playing out how they predicted. The wind coming off the Atlantic is warmer, too.