It's hot in the former Languedoc-Roussillon.
Very hot.
In some municipalities in eastern Occitania, heat records were even broken between June 1 and June 15, says Météo-France on Twitter.
In Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), the average temperature observed since the beginning of June is 25.1 ° C.
This is the highest average ever observed in the Catalan capital since the opening of the weather station.
The last record dated back to 1925, it was 23.8 ° C.
On June 13, the thermometer reached 37.1 ° C in this town.
"In the first half of June in Perpignan, it was still difficult to imagine a few years ago", and when it was, it was in July or August, "not a June 13," said the meteorologist. by Météo-France François Jobard, on Twitter.
🌡️1st fortnight of this remarkably hot month of June in the South-East
Several resorts broke their average temperature records over this period, in particular 👇 pic.twitter.com/0sGsM1Ql4B
- Météo-France Sud-Est (@MeteoFrance_SE) June 16, 2021
Records in Narbonne and Sète
It hits, too, in Narbonne (Aude).
Météo-France recorded an average temperature of 24.2 ° C between June 1 and 15.
Here again, this is a record.
The last dated from 2003: the mercury had climbed, on average, over the first half of June, to 23.2 ° C.
Météo-France also points to an average of 23.9 ° C in Sète (Hérault).
Record, again.
The last one dated from 2017. It was, on average, from June 1 to 15, 22.9 ° C on the Singular Island.
But these stifling heat do not seem over: Météo-France even predicts that Wednesday will be the "hottest day of the week", in Nîmes (Gard), with 31 ° C expected.
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