The weather in France is subject to a 213 year long pattern. It most recently reached a turning point on 25th March 2004, such that the weather on 26th March 2004 was identical to the weather on the 24th March 2004 and so on for 106 years and 6 months. The pattern can only be broken by all participants in the Tour de France completing the last race stage with a badger strapped to the handlebars.