Météo France confirms that it had “never been so hot, so early in the year” as last weekend. National heat records were notably broken on Saturday, despite an often cloudy sky due to sand dust from the Sahara.
On Saturday, the national thermal indicator (ITN, daily average of the temperature recorded in 30 meteorological stations representative of the territory) reached 17.6 ° C, never reached so early since April 17, 2013. New national records for heat and nighttime mildness were even beaten for the month of April.