White coat. The capital was covered in one centimeter of snow this Sunday morning, a rare sight that is not expected to last long. There will be no trace left as of 9 a.m., the Weather Channel said in
He has #snow ❄️active #Paris tonight. The layer reaches 3 cm in Paris-Montsouris. This morning, with the cool weather, the snow melted very quickly. Starting at 9am, there will be nothing left of last night’s winter onslaught. https://t.co/qLK208WIeZ
— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo) November 23, 2025
According to its latest bulletin, forecasters lifted their alert at 6 a.m. for the departments of Yvelines, Val-d’Oise, Essonne, Paris and the inner suburbs. 8 o’clock for Seine-et-Marne and Massif Central.
“A weak active disturbance that brought snow, with some freezing precipitation, continues its long shift from west to east, towards the northeastern part of the country”reports Méteo France.
Six departments in the Massif Central (Aveyron, Cantal, Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne and Puy-de-Dôme), were affected by the orange alert from 3am on Sunday, due to light snowfall and freezing rain that is likely to make roads slippery.
In this region precipitation remained low and scattered: light snowfall in Cantal and west of Puy-de-Dôme, while Limousin recorded 1 cm in Limoges (Haute-Vienne) and 3 cm in Égletons (Corrèze), with a little freezing rain behind it.
Police headquarters have decided to reduce the official speed by 20 km/h throughout Ile-de-France and prohibit overtaking heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons on main roads. Trains and urban networks should not be significantly affected, but delays of around an hour were reported on Saturday evening in Roissy, and are likely to continue on Sunday.
“The first episode sometimes doesn’t take itself seriously enough”has warned Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot, of the crisis center mobilizing Météo-France, road services, civil aviation and transport operators.
In total, 7,500 Road agents were deployed this weekend.
