Snow days in Bretagne !!!

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And now that we are already in winter, we had our first day of snow ever for us, It is about 1+ cm or half an inch of snow with -2C or 28F degrees, I was able to go out a bit and take a couple pictures for the memories of always, and our first day of snow in our beautiful Morbihan dept 56 of our lovely Bretagne. The inspiration to do this unique post of snow in my town ! Therefore ,here is my take on snow days in Bretagne !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Yes it snow in France too and not just the mountains, For info, in my new neck of the woods Pluvigner have not seen snow per se in almost 13 years living here, just flakes a couple of years, Except today, climate change caught us with us eventually, In my town, we had what we can call snow in January 13 2010 ! and with us here on January 4 2021, The pictures are from my front garden to the road, Finally, a white Christmas !!! and Merry Christmas to all my readers and contacts of my blog !!! Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Natal !

The region of Brittany/Bretagne/Breizh is renowned for its mild temperatures throughout the year. As a coastal area with a fairly humid climate, Brittany is not particularly prone to snow and extreme cold. If snow is said to be very rare in Brittany, it’s mainly because it falls in small quantities and doesn’t stick to the ground for very long.

The town of Rostrenen, located in the Côtes-d’Armor department no 22, recorded a snow depth of 42 cm on January 10, 2010. Brest, in Finistère dept 29, comes in second as the Brest-Guipavas station recorded 32 cm on February 11, 1983. The city of Quimper saw no less than 28 cm of snow recorded on December 9, 1990. The city of Saint-Brieuc experienced a snow day on December 3 with only 23 cm. Exceptional, since on average it snows less than 1 day a year! Dinard, located on the north coast of the region, 17 cm of snow were recorded on November 6, 1980. For the record, we had16 cm in Nantes on February 1955 or even Lorient and Rennes on February 1966.

A remarkable snowfall event surprised eastern Morbihan and the Guérande peninsula. On on Friday, February 27, 2004, the Ploërmel are had snow. In its monthly report for February 2004, Météo France recorded the following snow depths in Morbihan: 5 cm in Guiscriff, 10 cm in Vannes, 16 cm in Elven, 21 cm in Malestroit, 24 cm in Lizio, 25 cm in Mauron, and 30 cm in Ploërmel. You do the math for info 2.54 cm= 1 inch.

The Infotrafic system for roads in France: https://www.infotrafic.com/home

The Méteo France weather service: https://meteofrance.com/

The Méteo Bretagne, been a unique region we have our own weather: https://www.meteo.bzh/

The France Ouest newspaper weather service I keep an eye on for more local focus: https://www.ouest-france.fr/meteo/bretagne/pluvigner-56330/

There you go folks, cold is here and already 1+ cm or half an inch of snow with -2C or 28F this morning in my neck of the woods, and the first time with snow here ! In the meantime, if visiting come prepare for a homey winter holidays.  Again, hope you enjoy this post on snow days in Bretagne !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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