2017 remembered by a record of drought and sunshine, 2018 could well beat a record ... rainfall! Since the beginning of the year, Météo France has already recorded 431.6 mm of rain in Nice. This is as much as the cumulative rainfall of all last year! The month of March was particularly wet with 170 mm of rain per square meter measured at the Nice weather station, located at the airport. A record since 2013. On April 12, the city of Nice was under an "orange" warning for rain and floods. That day he fell 59mm of water per square meter In total. It has rained 42 days since the beginning of the year. It's almost a day in three! And it is very precisely the number of rainy days of all the year 2017. n a few hours. The record of the year for now. Only 36 days of good weather so far It even snowed last Sunday and Monday on the Alpes-Maritimes mountains Météo France observed in Nice only 36 days of real good weather and a cumulative 726 hours of sunshine. It is more than 200 hours of sun less than last year over the same period. Despite this exceptional rainfall, temperatures remain close to seasonal norms. On average, mercury was even above average in January and April, and close to normal values ​​for the moment in May. Two absolute temperature records have even fallen since the beginning of the year: The morning of January 8 with 15 degrees, never seen since at least 50 years for a month of January. Same thing on the morning of April 21st, with 17.2 degrees recorded in Nice. Source : https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr