Usually a small town in the Gard or on the Basque coast stands out.
But the famous heat dome that overlooks France in the middle of May did things big this Wednesday.
According to Météo-France, no less than 12 records fell or were equaled on this suffocating day.
The prize goes to Cap-Ferret, in Gironde, with an all-round 35°C which evaporates a 20-year-old record.
In the Centre-East, the mercury rose to 34.7°C in Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (Ardèche, against 34.6°C in May 2009), to 33.8°C in Montélimar (Drôme, as in 2009), 32.6°C in Sénezergues (Cantal, 32.3°C in 2017) and 33.5°C in Vinsobres (Drôme, 33.1°C in 2009).
Even in Lozère
Let's move on to the South-East where the new values to beat are these: 28.5°C in Saint-Pierre-de-Tripiers (Lozère) where one could almost say that the weather was good, and 33.8 °C in Visan (Vaucluse, against 33.7°C in 2009).
The South-West is not to be outdone with 33.7°C in Albi (Tarn, against 33.5°C in 2006), 29.8°C in Millau (Aveyron, as in 2017), 29.6°C in C at Marcillac (Corrèze, against 29.5°C in 2001), 33.4°C at the Toulouse-Blagnac weather station (Haute-Garonne, as in 2001) and 33.9°C at Anglars (Lot, 33 .8°C, in 2001).
Stormy deterioration should come to refresh the atmosphere on Thursday, but temperatures could still exceed 30 ° C, particularly in Alsace, in the Rhône / Saône axis and in the valleys of Auvergne.
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