17 departments are still placed in orange alert for “heat wave” this Thursday, July 3, 2025. Temperatures remain very high in several regions, especially in the south-east of the country.
21:21 – Electricity cuts because of the heat
6,000 dwellings were deprived of electricity during the heat wave due to the negative impact of heat on the electricity network. It must be said that it is particularly sensitive to heat, which causes operating problems. The weather influences the French network a lot, between heat, floods and thunderstorms. At the end of June, the violent thunderstorms that affected France deprived 20,000 households of electricity.
19:56 – A new heat wave to come?
The heat wave is over for a large part of the territory, but that does not mean the end of the scorching summer. The weekend and the weekend will be cooler, but temperatures will increase again in the middle of next week. Thursday 10, Mercury will easily reach 30 ° C on most of the territory, with temperatures that will hardly descend below 20 ° C at night, depending on the forecast of Météo France.
18:22 – An afternoon and a still very hot night in the south
The heat wave is still there this Thursday in the south of the country. In the afternoon, maximum temperatures rose up to 37 and 38 ° C inside the Mediterranean regions indicates Météo France. It was also hot in the Rhône-Alpes region, but mercury remained between 30 and 33 ° C. The night will follow the same trend with a tropical atmosphere, once again: between 23 and 27 ° C are expected around the Mediterranean with 23 ° C at 27 ° C, between 20 ° C and 22 ° C of Rhône-Alpes in the Southwest Plains.
13:50 – 33 ° C at Lavandou from 11 am
Summer is well installed on the beaches in the south-eastern France. As the weather channel notes, “vacationers arrive on the Mediterranean beaches as in Lavandou where it is already 33 ° C in the shade”. The statement was made at 11 a.m. this morning, proof that the heat wave is still well present on Thursday, July 3 in the south of the country.
☀️ ???? ⛱️ holidaymakers arrive on the beaches of the Mediterranean as here #Lavandou where it is already 33 ° C in the shade. Be careful to protect yourself from the sun with a very high UV index of 9. pic.twitter.com/Xl2qweQfK7
– The weather channel (@lachainemeteo) July 3, 2025
10:02 – The 13 Departments in Yellow Vigilance
In addition to the orange vigilance, in its latest meteorological bulletin, Météo-France also placed 13 departments in yellow vigilance for “heat wave” this Thursday. These are Ain, Allier, Hautes-Alpes, Aveyron, Cantal, Haute-Garonne, Loire, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lozère, Puy-de-Dôme, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne.
08:33 – Up to 39 ° C expected this Thursday
On the south-eastern quarter of the country, Météo France warns that the day will be “hot” this Thursday. Maximum temperatures will finally reach 33 to 39 ° C in the Southeast. “Temperatures are more breathable elsewhere with 20 to 25 ° C from the Breton tip to the Belgian border”. On the rest of the country, between 25 and 31 ° C are expected, specifies the weather station.
08:00 – Highly heat in the southwest
This Thursday, July 3, we expect 36 ° C in Marseille and Perpignan, 37 ° C in the Nîmes, Montpellier and Aix-en-Provence sectors and up to 38 ° C on the Mediterranean hinterland, indicates the weather chain. High temperatures in the south-east of the country which will still not drop it at the end of the week. On the contrary, the heat wave will persist on Friday afternoon from Languedoc-Roussillon to the PACA region with 35 to 38 ° C. Holds will also concern the southwest regions with 32 to 35 ° C.
07:55 – “This heat wave will extend at least until Saturday”
If temperatures are clearly lowering in the north of the country, several departments in the South remain stuck in the heat wave that France has known for two weeks. “This heat wave will continue at least until Saturday before a clear drop in temperatures sets up between Sunday and Monday,” said the weather channel. Indeed, “only the southeast departments remain affected by very hot weather”, it is said.
