Winter 1962-1963 in Europe

In winter 1962-1963 in Europe is the longest and most severe since the end of the nineteenth century.

In France, the cold weather arrives in mid-November and will walk away with that on March 7. Several cold waves were recorded, the first end of December (Christmas Day, 1962, all the stations off the coast recorded temperatures below -10 ° C. But this is the second wave of cold intensity "exceptional "France, weather is going to be the most formidable. It extends from mid-January to early February, and temperatures drop several times below the threshold of -20 ° C. A third wave of a cold more moderate will finally affect the country between late February and early March.

Total in France, the three winter months are less than 4.3 ° C above normal, making it the coldest winter since measurements began. Mortality occurred because of the cold is estimated at 50 000 victims for France, making it the deadliest weather event of the twentieth century.