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Imminent arrival of an air mass of polar origin! Fall of 15 degrees! Return of winter to France?

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A mass of air of polar origin is preparing to touch France, causing a drop in temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees. Should we see a return in force of winter to the country?

Marc there 03/05/2025 11:47 4 min

With an anticyclone positioned on the British islands and depressions located in the vicinity of Corsica, The flow will gradually switch to the northeast sector in the coming hours. Real temperature tumble is about to touch France, with a mass of air of polar origin which is preparing to tumble on France, Having temperatures drop spectacularly.

If France has experienced summer temperatures this week, With even some heat records for the beginning of May, The contrast promises to be brutal in the coming hours, with values ​​down 10 to 15 degrees in places. The thunderstorms expected this afternoon will already come to drop temperatures in several regions.

After this summer parenthesis, Are we witnessing a return in force of winter? How much will temperatures drop? And can we hope for an increase in next week? Find all our latest forecasts in this article.

Temperatures more than summer!

Thanks to very sunny conditions, more than Estivals have been recorded in the last hours by Météo-France services.

Here, For example, we noted 30 ° C in Strasbourg, 28.7 ° C in Paris, 28.4 ° C in Mulhouse, 27.7 ° C in Reims and 25.9 ° C in Tours.

Still hot temperatures this afternoon

Temperatures will remain hot this afternoon, Although they should sometimes fall heavily as soon as the thunderstorms will burst. The gradual arrival of the mass of air of polar origin by the north of the country should also participate in the temperature tumble.

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Still summer temperatures expected in the early afternoon.

It is scheduled for this afternoon 27 ° C in Grenoble, 26 ° C in Paris, Bourges, Strasbourg and Montauban, 25 ° C in Tours, Nancy, Dijon and Montélimar, 24 ° C in Biarritz, Ajaccio and Reims, 23 ° C in Tarbes, 22 ° C in Brest, 21 ° C in Lille and Nice, 20 ° C in Caen, 19 ° C in Le Havre and 16 ° C in Cherbourg.

Cold shower tomorrow!

Temperatures will literally dive tomorrow With the arrival of the air mass of polar origin from the north and the switch to the northeast flow.

Temperatures will often drop by almost 10 ° C between this afternoon and Sunday afternoon. The drop will reach in places up to 15 degrees between Friday and Sunday, Either in the space of 48 hours! We are going to go from summer to fall in just a few hours.

Falling temperatures this Sunday with the gradual arrival of a mass of air of polar origin in France!

Temperatures are expected tomorrow afternoon that will return to seasonal values ​​(at least in the north of France), With 13 ° C in Cherbourg, 14 ° C in Caen, Lille and Rouen, 15 ° C in Tours and Metz, 16 ° C in Reims, 17 ° C in Paris, 18 ° C in Rennes, 19 ° C in La Rochelle, 20 ° C in Tarbes and Nice, 21 ° C in Toulon and Agen, 22 ° C in Marseille and Montélimar and 23 ° C in Ajaccio.

The drop in temperatures will continue at the beginning of next week with a significant northeast sector wind, Which will accentuate the feeling of freshness on the country.

Temperatures should start up in the second half of next week, To gradually get closer to seasonal normal.

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