Overview
- The agency’s provisional tally puts the national mean near 14.0°C, about +1.0°C versus the 1991–2020 norm, ranking 2025 third or fourth pending late‑December data.
- Several heat episodes punctuated the year, including a second‑warmest June on record and mid‑August peaks reaching 42.5°C in Angoulême and 42.1°C in Bergerac.
- About one day in two was warmer than the seasonal normal, and heat records outnumbered cold records by roughly ten to one.
- Snow cover was notably deficient in mid‑altitude ranges and parts of the Pyrenees during a sixth consecutive winter warmer than normal since 2019.
- Annual rainfall returned close to normal after 2024’s excess, while sunshine was above average nationwide and up roughly 10–15% in the north.