Meteo France is a State Owned entity headquartered in France, founded in 1994, with approximately 1240 employees. Functioning as a public administration under the authority of the Ministry of Sustainable Development, its main mission involves observing and forecasting the evolution of the atmosphere, the snow cover, and the surface of the ocean, thereby ensuring the security of life and property through government administration.
Météo-France recorded Paris temperatures exceeding 40°C on June 24 and 25, prompting operational heatwave disruptions in French tourism, including reduced opening hours for the Louvre from June 24 to 28 and an expansion of cooled public spaces in Paris. Previously, data from France’s Agriculture ministry covering 2024 revealed that human error accounted for the majority of identifiable wildfires in France, with causes determinable in approximately 59% of cases. Earlier in June, IMOCA skippers participating in the Vendée Arctique race deployed weather and climate data-collecting buoys near the Arctic Circle, a collaboration common in recent major IMOCA races. In May, Oshen launched a project for Météo-France, deploying a 1-meter robotic boat into the Bay of Biscay, which successfully navigated 5-meter waves to its destination 325 km offshore, holding station for two months and delivering real-time ocean and atmospheric data directly into Météo-France’s forecasting systems.
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