This Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Météo France place 5 departments in a heat wave while the risk of thunderstorms should gradually decrease during the day on Thursday. Several departments of Occitania concerned by these vigilances.
It is still very hot in France this Wednesday, with temperatures that are around 40 ° C locally. VIGI Météo France still places 5 departments in a heat wave. If violent thunderstorms struck certain municipalities in France earlier this week, on Tuesday, 12 departments are on orange vigilance.
Wind, hail and rain
“An axis ranging from the former Midi-Pyrénées region to the center of the country and western Burgundy is affected by summer thunderstorms from the middle of the afternoon to the end of the evening, the latter can be accompanied: strong gusts of wind up to 80 to 100 km/h and locally 110 km/h, small small to locally average intensities, of a large, highly strong rain activity“note the site of the weather station.
“Locally strong storms currently burst from the southwest to the center of the country, as well as on the Southern Alps.”
\ u26a0 \ ufe0f \ u26a1 \ ufe0f this afternoon, thunderstorms circulate from the southwest to the central massif, on the Alps and the Corsican relief. At the end of the afternoon and in the night, they progress towards the east of the Massif Central and the North.
They can be accompanied by violent gusts, hail and heavy rain. pic.twitter.com/Z8s9jhVhlA
-Météo-France (@meteofrance) August 13, 2025
Regarding the scorching episode, “The 40 ° C are affected in Burgundy and Auvergne”. “This Wednesday, temperatures mark the step in the south. In the central-east, the intensity of the heat wave is maximum and we are close to 40 ° C at the end of the day”continues Météo France.
“The very strong heat are maintained in the east with 36 to 39 degrees, locally 40 to 42 degrees on the center-east, where red vigilance is maintained until Thursday morning.”
