"As of Monday, temperatures will drop above seasonal norms," Météo-France said in a bulletin. Indeed, France will experience its first heat peak next week, with temperatures above 30 ° C in France, or even 35 ° C locally.
☀️ As the calendar summer begins this Saturday June 20, a heat peak is expected next week.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the hottest days of the episode, the mercury will reach 30 ° C over most of the country.
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Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, hottest days
"Tuesday, temperatures will generally reach 26 to 30 ° C on the northern half, 28 to 33 ° C on the southern half", with a particularly marked heat in the plains of the Southwest. "Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be the three hottest days", specifies Météo-France, with the mercury reaching or exceeding 30 ° C "on most regions". "We will very often reach 32 to 34 ° C from the southwest to Ile-de-France as well as in regions close to the Rhone valley," says Météo-France. "The threshold for very hot weather (35 ° C) could be exceeded locally."
Minimum temperatures may exceed 20 ° C "in large cities or around the Mediterranean", especially Thursday and Friday.
2020 follows the same trend as 2019
2019 was the third hottest year in mainland France - after 2018 and 2014 -, marked by two exceptional heat waves and an absolute record of 46 ° C. 2020 is part of the same trend, with a winter that has experienced mild records and a spring that has been the second warmest on record.
With global warming, heat waves could be twice as numerous by 2050, forecasts Météo-France.