Never has such a high temperature been measured in Biarritz.
This Saturday, the peak of this week of heat wave, 42.9 ° C were recorded in the city in the south-west of France.
An absolute record, which exceeds that of 2003 (40.6°C).
Tarbes also experienced an absolute heat record with 39.1°C, according to the Keraunos observatory, thus beating its former maximum temperature of August 2003.
Like Biarritz, new absolute heat record at #Tarbes (airport) which with 39.1°C beats its old record from August 2003. The resort had never exceeded 39°C since 1944. #heat wave pic.twitter.com/OvZCII7K7u
— Keraunos (@KeraunosObs) June 18, 2022
“From 3 p.m., records began to fall in many regions, from the Pyrenees to the Belgian border,” meteorologist Patrick Marlière told BFMTV.
“More than 150 cities broke monthly records” and some of the “all-time records,” he said.
Among the monthly records, 41.1 ° C were measured in Cazaux, in Gironde, and 39.8 in Bordeaux in the same south-west department, indicates the Weather Channel.
38.1°C were measured in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in Pau, and 38.7 in Bergerac (Dordogne).
New #heat_records set this Saturday in many cities in the west of France.
And that list will grow by 6 p.m.
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— The Weather Channel (@lachainemeteo) June 18, 2022
Further north and in the centre, records for the month of June were also broken: 37°C were recorded in Rennes, in Ille-et-Vilaine, 38.8°C in Niort, in Deux-Sèvres, and 35.9°C in Evreux (Eure).
🌡️ #Heavy heat: new #records_de_chaleur_mensuels established this Saturday from the west to the center of France.
And this list will continue to grow by 6 p.m.
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— The Weather Channel (@lachainemeteo) June 18, 2022
“It is generally between 37 and 41°C in Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes, Centre-Val de Loire, western Burgundy and Île-de-France.
Peaks close to 42°/43°C are measured locally in southern Aquitaine.
Absolute temperature records have been broken,” noted Météo France at 4 p.m.
Eleven departments, in a southwestern quarter ranging from Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Vendée, are still on red alert while Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute-Garonne were downgraded to orange on Saturday morning, a vigilance that now concerns a total of 59 departments.
Locally violent thunderstorms
"During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the temperatures will drop slowly, the minimums will be around 20 to 25 ° C in many regions", according to Météo France, which indicates that Sunday afternoon, "the strongest heat will shift to the east”, with 34 to 38 degrees in the northeast of the country.
In addition, occasional thunderstorms are expected from Saturday evening and during the night on the western facade, "starting in the South-West and going up towards Normandy", some of these thunderstorms possibly "proving to be quite strong, accompanied by a few gusts of wind and above all strong electrical activity”, the beginnings “of a rainy-stormy degradation, more frank and more organized”, expected for Sunday evening.
“The heat wave will gradually decrease, to no longer concern only the eastern flank of the country”, concludes Météo France.
