This Saturday, August 16, 2025, absolute temperature records were broken in Occitania. While orange heat wave is lifted for part of the country, in the region, the weekend will still be extremely hot.
Heat in Occitania. Temperatures were still very high on Saturday, similar to those recorded earlier this week. Besides, on Saturday, Météo-France had placed 54 departments and the Andorra in orange heat wave.
Absolute records broken
The orange alert was to be lifted on Saturday at 10 p.m. for the departments of Auvergne, Limousin, Burgundy-Franche-Comté and Center-Val-de-Loire, as well as for Loire, Ain, Lozère, Aveyron, Deux-Sèvres, and Vienne.
Several absolute heat records were again broken on Saturday, reports Météo France: “Météo-France noted 42.2 ° C in Argeliers (Aude), 41.7 ° C in Pézenas-Tourbes (Hérault), 40.7 ° C in Perpignan, 40.5 ° C in Villevieille (Gard), 40.3 ° C in Montpellier, 40 ° C in Carcassonne, 39.5 ° C in Aigues-Mortes (Gard), 36 ° C Rochelle, 38 ° C in Avignon, 39 ° C in Cognac and Toulouse “announced the weather station. The nights are just as tropical because the mercury struggles to descend below 28 ° C.
Red vigilance forest fires
This Sunday, five departments will be in red vigilance forest fires: Aude, Gard, Hérault and the Pyrénées-Orientales, Bouches-du-Rhône.
But good news, the drop in mercury is confirmed this Monday. Occitania should lose 2 ° C at 3 ° C. This drop will be accompanied by the return of thunderstorms. This Tuesday, maximum temperatures will be close to 30 ° C at 33 ° C and locally strong thunderstorms are envisaged.
