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Five departments were placed in orange heat wave for the day of Friday August 8, 2025. (Illustration photo)
Météo – The return of hot weather. Météo-France announces an orange vigilance passage “Heat wave” In five departments this Friday, August 8 from midday, according to a bulletin published this Thursday at 6 a.m.
The departments concerned are the Hautes-Pyrénées, the Haute-Garonne, the Tarn, the Tarn-et-Garonne and the Rhône, with a start of the event fixed at noon. In parallel, 29 departments in the Southwest and Center-East will be placed in yellow vigilance.
Third months of the hottest July
In the afternoon of this Friday, temperatures ranging from 35 ° C to 39 ° C and up to 40 ° C are expected in the southwest quarter of the country, and 35 ° C to 37 ° C in the center-east.
“The hot weather will tend to increase and extend the following days. They will continue at the start of next week, “ Specific Météo-France.
Orange vigilance may be “Gradually extended in the next publications according to temperature development”underlines the forecaster. Orange heatwave alertness means particular vigilance, especially for “Sensitive or exposed people”.
On a world level, despite a respite in the series of records, July 2025 has also ranked third in the hottest months of July ever measured on Earth, marked by a climate change still at work, the European Observatory Copernicus announced this Thursday.