Sat Dec 19, 8:19 AM ET

People are seen on the beach covered by snow in Nice, southeastern France, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. Temperature is 3 degrees celcius (37,2 Farenheit).

Seems that they don’t get snow days there very often. While I don’t have a full report yet, it seems likely that this may be the first recorded snow for this date. ClimateZone has this summary:

The above report is only short term, 8 years according tot he website, I’m writing this entry froma  Starbucks while traveling so perhaps our readers can find a longer term snow record for Nice, France.

CNN’s  ireport seems a bit incredulous with this headline. The video provided is interesting.

Snow on the French Riviera????

I am an American Expat living in Antibes (Nice) France. I live 5 blocks from the beach, and 3 blocks from Port Vabaun, the 2nd largest yacht port in the world. I thought living here, I would escape the ice and snow of my native Cincinnati, Ohio. Boy was I wrong!!!