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A large part of France. Consequently, with the exception of the West fringe, underwent a last day of heat wave on Wednesday, before violent thunderstorms in places, marking the term of a heat wave that will remain in the annals by its precocity, duration and records.
Red heat wave only concerns the dawn. Meanwhile, the Yonne, the Loiret and the Cher, “with the neighboring peaks of 39 ° C planned”, according to Météo-France. However,
In Yonne, all schools are closed on Wednesday. Meanwhile, A person in a “critical” state due to the heat was rescued. However, two fires were under control, according to the prefecture, which prohibited large rallies and fireworks.
Corollary of the sequence of very hot days. However, “thunderstorms are expected on many departments” from the end of the day, “locally violent in a good half is the territory”.
last day heat wave france
After a black day on Tuesday. Similarly, which saw Paris, in red vigilance, reaching 38 ° C and knowing a new “tropical night”, the refreshment already extends Wednesday from the northwest of the country. For example, On Thursday, only Mediterranean and Corsica should experience “hot weather” (35 ° C and more).
– Free museums –
In Lyon. where we expect even more than 30 ° C until Saturday, the town hall announced free, air -conditioned municipal museums, in addition to the extensive schedules for swimming pools and certain parks.
In the rest of Europe. where extreme temperatures are rampant from Portugal to Greece and to the Netherlands, Germany will know its heat peak on Wednesday with 38 ° C expected in Berlin.
A child refreshes with a portable fans in the classroom, in Bordeaux, on July 1, 2025
Philippe Lopez – AFP
In France, “we have crossed the most intense peak, but caution remains in order and especially for fragile people,” warned the Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher on Wednesday morning.
Emergency consultations. SOS doctors for direct symptoms associated with high temperatures (hyperthermia, dehydration) significantly increased, for all age groups, the French Public Health Agency said on Wednesday.
If the sanitary impact will be long to measure. a first estimate of excess mortality will be known two weeks after the end of the heat wave, according to the government.
The sun rises behind the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on July 1, 2025 during a heat wave
Thibaud Moritz – AFP
Two people died “following heat -related discomfort,” said the Minister of Ecological Transition on Wednesday, before his entourage said that there was “no official confirmation” at this stage.
After a 27 ° C measured at the lowest in the night from Monday to Tuesday in Paris. that from Tuesday to Wednesday saw a low northern wind blow, making sleep a little less painful for the inhabitants of the thermal kettles of the capital.
Passers -by protect themselves from the sun on July 1, 2025 in Paris during a heat wave
Thibaud Moritz – AFP
Faced with the succession of scorching days, small season, prized pizzeria of Orleans has closed the curtain since Monday: “This is the first year that we have to close, but near the oven, it was untenable”, explains his manager Joffrey Vacellier on Wednesday at AFP. “For the health of staff, we made this difficult decision,” he said.
– The hottest June second –
France lives on Wednesday the 14th day in a row of a national heat wave. Additionally, “remarkable by its duration” and its precocity, according to Météo-France, but which last day heat wave france “should end in the first days of July”.
The thermometer is mounted on Tuesday at an unprecedented level for a month of July in several cities: more than 40 ° C in Avignon. Nîmes and Castelnaudary (Aude). Every month combined. he had never been so warm in the heart of the night in Visan (Gard) or Pujaut (Vaucluse), with more than 26 ° C at least, or even a new 20 ° C in Gap (Hautes-Alpes) at more than 700 meters above sea level.
This heat wave on the whole of the metropolis has been the 50th since 1947. 33 of which took place in the 21st century, illustrating the increase in the frequency of hot weather due to the combustion of fossil fuels in the world.
June 2025 has been the second hottest month of June since 1900. behind June 2003, the scorching summer of which remained in the last day heat wave france memories, with 15,000 premature deaths allocated to extreme heat.
Passers -by protect themselves from the sun on July 1, 2025 in Paris during a heat wave
Thibaud Moritz – AFP
On the political side, the debate on air conditioning is in all spirits, in a country where one in four households was equipped in 2020. If the RN claims a “large plan for air conditioning”. the left and macronists are only a extra solution for the most fragile and plead for the development of other measures such as vegetation or thermal insulation.
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Last day heat wave france
Further reading: France experienced its second, warmer June after 2003 – Basketball. Paris basketball champion of France for the first time – Maxou. The Haras des Templiers in the saddle towards France – Two new cases recorded in children – 13 departments maintained in orange alert.
