The heat wave strikes France as rarely at the start of the week like this town in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
In the daily reports of the weather stations, that of Sainte-Colombe de la Commandery has been one of those with the most distressing surveys in France for a few days.
Thus, this Monday morning, it was in this small village of Aspres that it was the hottest in France, well above 38 ° C from 9 a.m. There, between cypress and dry stones, in this landscape which looks like Tuscany, it has been 11 days since the thermometer no longer descended below 20 ° C in the heart of the night. Worse, even 3 nights that the minimum temperature remains blocked beyond 25 ° C (25.8 ° Saturday, 28.4 ° Sunday and 25.5 ° this Monday).
Tropical nights that made Sainte-Colombe de la Commanderie the hottest commune in France during the night from Saturday to Sunday with 28.4 ° C, according to Infoclimat. New resort record.
A stifling June for the 172 inhabitants of this town who see the weather station breaking its monthly records almost every day. Thus, with 39.7 ° C, this Sunday, Sainte-Colombe broke its highest temperature record for a month of June. Record that dated only the day before he had made 38.3 ° C. A record that was also old than a few days old.
Sainte-Colombe stifles but has not yet reached its absolute record which had been noted on August 23, 2023 with 41.3 ° C. The peak of the heat wave being planned only on Tuesday, this record may be approached or even exceeded in the coming hours.
