France tied Thursday its record of the hottest day, during a particularly intense heat wave that ends, said Friday Météo-France. The national thermal indicator (average of the maximum and minimum temperatures) reached 29.4 ° C, equal to the record reached on August 5, 2003, according to the site of the forecasting organization.
Many cities have broken their absolute heat record
This episode of heatwave, the second in less than a month, was relatively short but very intense. Many cities have thus broken their absolute record of heat, including Paris with 42.6 ° C, "the equivalent of a normal afternoon in July in Baghdad", note Météo-France. The 40 ° C bar, which was crossed in a very exceptional way in the country half a century ago, has been surpassed in many cities, including the extreme north of the country, as Lille has exploded its record. (41.5 ° C). "The 40 ° C had never been exceeded at such latitude in France," insisted Météo-France.
But the two nights before and after that day were also exceptionally hot, with record low temperatures in many cities, such as 25.4 ° C in Bordeaux.