If the departmental record did not fall into Lot-et-Garonne this Monday, three municipalities where weather stations are placed recorded records at the end of the afternoon.
Two years ago, on August 24, 2023, Lot-et-Garonne had experienced an unprecedented heat wave. The absolute record had also been recorded in Xaintrailles, with a statement at 43.2 ° C. This Monday, August 11, 2025, he was brought into play by the scorching episode that strikes the south of France. Finally, in the department as in large cities, temperatures remained slightly lower than those of 2023.
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The maximum temperature of this day was noted in Fargues-sur-Vourbise: 42.7 ° C. Mercury also crossed the 42 ° C bar in Réaup-Lisse (42.3 ° C). In Nérac, he stopped just before: 41.9 ° C. It was the hottest city in the department. But it is not a record in the city of Henri IV (42.8 ° C established in 2023). Elsewhere too, it was hot, but not enough to worry the records established two years ago. 41.2 ° C in Agen (record at 42.4 ° C), 41.7 ° C in Villeneuve-sur-Lot (record at 42.2 ° C) and Marmande.
A big peak raised 10 km from Lot-et-Garonne
On the other hand, heat records were broken in three municipalities in the department. At Fargues-sur-Ourbise first where the 42.7 ° C of this day eclipse the 42.3 ° C of 2023. At Lacapelle-Biron then with 41 ° C (the previous record was 40.5 ° C). Finally, in Monflanquin, the new heat record set on Monday is 41.6 ° C (it was 41.5 ° C before).
Around Lot-et-Garonne, many municipalities have set new temperature records. We think of Bordeaux and Bergerac in particular. He made, at the height of the furnace, 43.1 ° C in Captieux, 41.5 ° C in Castelsarrasin, or even 41.8 ° C in Condom.
For the little anecdote, the absolute record of warmth in Lot-et-Garonne could very well have fallen this Monday, August 11. It was played a few kilometers away. Indeed, the station of Monpazier (Dordogne), located 20 km from Monflanquin and 10 km from Lacapelle-Biron, recorded a peak at 43.4 ° C. We can therefore say that the record was very hot too …
