This first weekend of curfew at 11 p.m. has been a lifesaver for a good number of French people, already in search of freshness.
Because it is the particularity of this Sunday, in particular, where the mercury exceeded 30 ° C in several departments.
Some had not seen such heat so early in the year for a long time.
If the symbolic bar of 40 ° C could not be reached, it was however grazed in Cabestany (Pyrénées-Orientales), near Perpignan, with 39.1 ° C according to the weather channel which considers that the tramontane wind made Foehn effect (meteorological phenomenon created by the meeting of atmospheric circulation and relief when a prevailing wind meets a mountain range).
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In second position we find, in the same department, Céret with 37.8 ° C, an exceptional temperature for this time of year.
"Before the last ten days of June, only 2003 had reached this level of heat, this is the second value recorded for a month of June, after the 42.4 ° C of June 28, 2019", explains Météo France.
Paris will only reach 30 ° C this Monday, for the first time of the year.
"The average date of the first 30 ° C corresponds to June 16 in the capital," recalls the weather channel.
🌡️37 ° C in the first half of June in #Perpignan, it was still difficult to imagine a few years ago and / or in a climate not so distant, when reaching such a level was anyway rare and, if necessary, was happening in July / August, not June 13!
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- Francois Jobard (@Francois_Jobard) June 13, 2021
This should continue on Monday since Météo France expects the sun to reign supreme over the country.
The weather will turn to stormy in the Pyrenees, however, according to forecasts.
At the start of the day, we will observe some coastal mists, or even some low clouds, on the Côte d'Azur, but these small annoyances will quickly disappear.
The heat spreads throughout France
During this new hot day, a stormy degradation will set up over the Pyrenees, causing showers mainly in the afternoon, with in places strong thunderstorms and gusts of wind at 60/80 km / h.
Hail will be possible, particularly on the Ariège.
This unstable weather could overflow, in the afternoon, on the Pyrenean foothills, but also in the Landes plain, even as far as the Gers, with in places some showers which can be accompanied by thunderclaps.
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As for temperatures, the minimum will be around 10 to 15 degrees in the north, up to 16/17 in Brittany and Pays de la Loire. In the south, the start of the day will be very mild with 16 to 20 degrees, up to 21 in the lower Rhône valley. The maximums will progress to the north, so the heat will settle over the whole of France. On the northern half, we will record, along the Channel coast, pleasant temperatures of 23 to 27. Near the Benelux, it will be between 28 and 30, and 28 to 33 elsewhere.
In the south, it will be necessary to go to the beaches of the Atlantic to find more acceptable temperatures around 25 to 28 degrees. From southwest to southeast, the thermometer will display 33 to 35 degrees, for 31 to 33 near the Pyrenees. The heat will even be stifling, from Languedoc-Roussillon to the lower Rhône valley, with locally 36/37 degrees. The heat peak in France is scheduled for this Wednesday, where records for the season could be broken.