38 degrees in the shade in Nantes and Rennes, 40 ° C in Paris, 39 ° C in La Rochelle… Historic temperatures for the month of June are expected on Saturday during the paroxysm of the heat wave in France.
“Absolute records could even be reached locally, exceeding the maximum recorded during the summer heat waves of 2003 and 2019”
, underlines Régis Crépet, meteorologist at the Weather Channel (Figaro group).
The 40 ° C bar was passed on Thursday in Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, in Hérault, for the first time so early in mainland France.
Saturday is expected to be the hottest day on record in June, with a day-night average of 28°C nationwide.
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Fourteen departments have been placed on red alert by the Weather Channel, and 53 on orange.
The west of the country will experience a second day of furnace, with possible peaks at 42 ° C, or even 43 ° C locally in New Aquitaine for example.
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