After a first stifling heat wave from June 19 to July 4, this episode is the 51st heat wave recorded in France since 1947, according to Météo-France.
A peak at 41 ° C Sunday
The night from Friday to Saturday promised to be quite hot with minimums between 20 and 22 ° C in New Aquitaine, Occitania and in the Rhône valley. During the day, the maximums evolve little on the Atlantic coast with values between 27 ° C on the Charentaise-Maritimes coast and 29 ° C in the Landes. But mercury could reach 36 to 39 ° C in eastern New Aquitaine, as in Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne. It should also be very hot in Occitania, Rhône-Alpes, Provence and the Auvergne valleys.
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On Sunday, temperatures should still climb a notch, weather alert-France with maximums planned between 38 and 40 ° C, or even 41 ° C from the foot of the Cévennes to the Basse Vallée du Rhône.
Hot warmer nights
In the southwest, in Dordogne and in the Lot, “via the Tarn, the Toulouse region and to the Carcassonne region, peaks around 40 ° C will be quite frequent. The maximums are also very high near the Atlantic coast, ”plans Météo-France.
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