It delights city dwellers but poses a threat to farmers.
A mini heat wave began this Monday throughout France, with 25.7 ° C recorded in the capital and 28 ° C in Bordeaux in particular.
The good weather should continue throughout the week, according to Météo France, which attributes this rise in temperatures to "a dome of warm and stable air" which "is gradually spreading from the Iberian Peninsula to central Europe".
🌡️ T°C worthy of a full summer over much of the country this week.
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🔻 Exceptional situation?
🔻 Should we deduce that summer will be hot?
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Tuesday, this summer weather should continue with 28 ° C expected in Tours and Bordeaux in the afternoon and 27 ° C in Paris, Lyon and Toulouse, according to Météo France.
"The 30 ° C will be exceeded in the Southwest and the feeling there will sometimes be more than 35 ° C, (…) exceeding the seasonal averages by 3 to 8 ° C", indicates for its part The weather channel.
30°C next week
After a drop in the thermometer on Thursday and Friday, a new hot push should take place this weekend and extend into early next week.
30 ° C are expected in the Paris region, Center-Val-de-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, New Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône, announces Météo France.
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"Without being exceptional, this episode of heat, early and lasting, is all the same not so frequent", analyzes one on the specialized site which specifies that the peaks of this type are brought to become more frequent in the context of global warming "and tend to set in earlier in the spring than before".
But this episode does not necessarily announce a scorching summer, according to specialists who recall that the nights will remain cool.
This heat wave falls badly when the drought is already affecting 15 departments throughout metropolitan France, according to the latest map drawn up by the Ministry of Ecological Transition on Sunday.
Part of the departments of Ain and Vienne even went on heightened alert on Monday.
Already weakened by the drought, French farmers are worried about this mini heat wave which could lead them to sacrifice certain crops.