41.5 ° C and two records broken in the Pyrénées-Orientales

It is hot, abnormally hot in the Pyrénées-Orientales, always placed in a heat wave by heat wave by Météo France. As announced, This Wednesday, June 25 is the hottest day of the week in the department. And for good reason, a Foehn effect has caused a sudden increase in temperatures since the end of the morning. While the 41 ° C bar has been exceeded, A heat record has also been recorded in a medium mountain village.

More than 41 degrees in Céret

Dry air, and hot air. Here is the program of this scorching Wednesday in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Spared by the violent thunderstorms which are preparing to reach many departments of France, the Catalan country is still strongly impacted by The important southern flow which dates back from Spain.

Conditions which cause, since mid-day, the trigger of a Foehn effect, on the foothills of the Albères or even Canigou and Surott of the Vallespir, which turned into a furnace. This meteorological phenomenon, quite frequent in the driest department in France, has suddenly increased temperatures.

Shortly before 5 p.m., the mercury thus measured 41.5 ° C on the side of Céret! The Pyrénées-Orientales sub-prefecture is the hottest commune in France, this Wednesday, June 25 and broke its absolute heat record, established so far in August 2023 (41.1 ° C). “It is not the temperature the worst, it is this irrespirable wind”comments a resident.

Another mountain heat record

Among the other remarkable values, 40.9 ° C were noted in Vivès40.7 ° C in Vivès, or 38.6 ° C in Perthus. Temperatures that have continued to climb in the afternoon due to Foehn’s effect. Not far from a distance, has Serralongue, The Haut-Vallespir village Perched at 700 meters above sea level displayed 38.7 ° C to the warmest of the day.

The medium mountain town has also just been widely beat its heat recordmonthly this time, so far of 36.9 ° C, noted in 2019. Since the launch of this weather station, 40 years ago, it had never been so hot during a month of June.

Elsewhere in the department, the thermometer remained on lower values-although still higher than seasonal normal-with 34 ° C in Perpignan and Canet-en-Roussillon. Mercury should drop this Thursday, June 26, before A new wave wave this weekend. For his part, Météo France prolonged the heat wave yellow vigilance.

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