Parts of France and Spain are seeing an unusually warm late October, with bathers enjoying water temperatures of 20-21C on the French Riviera.
“This year is exceptional,” Rose-Marie Martini told said as she tanned on the beach at Nice.
“At the end of October it cools down normally and by All Saints Day [1 November] it usually rains.”
Millions anxious about the jump in Europe’s fuel prices will not have to turn on their heating just yet.
However, it may also be a sign of changing weather patterns after a summer which saw extreme heat in Europe, with ferocious wildfires and droughts.
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