Heat records were beaten for the start of June in three departments of Languedoc: in Hérault, Gard and Aude, the thermometer rose to more than 37 ° C on Saturday;
well above seasonal temperatures.
In Nîmes-Courbessac, the thermometer also showed 36.7 degrees.
"It had never been so hot so early in June on this station since the beginning of the surveys a hundred years ago", inique Keraunos, the French observatory for tornadoes and violent thunderstorms.
At the end of the week, new records in sight
A heat wave is expected for the end of the week with expected temperatures 17°C above seasonal averages.
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