Heatwave: When and where will it be hottest ?

The beginning of the week will be very hot and sunny. An orange heatwave alert has been triggered by Météo France.

Summer is there and the mercury is particularly high. in this last week of July. In its latest bulletin, Météo France places thirteen departments on orange alert for heatwaves, from Sunday July 28 to 2019. noon until midday at least Monday July 29. This alert concerns Gironde, Landes, Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot, Corrèze, Tarn, Haute-Garonne, Savoie, Savoie and Haute-Corse. But the rest of the territory will not be left out in terms of heat. The only major difference will be the temperature at night, which will only drop a few degrees.

On Sunday night à Monday it will be 27°C à Biarritz and à Bordeaux, 26°C à Nice, 25°C à Marseille and 24°C à Ajaccio. In the north, the night will be synonymous with coolness with 14°C & Chaumont, 15°C à Rouen, 16°C à Amiens and 17°C à Strasbourg.

Monday

The sun will be out across France on Monday. Temperatures will be around 30°C everywhere in the territory. According to Météo France forecasts, Bordeaux will be the city where it will be the hottest with 37°C expected, followed by Toulouse, Limoges, and Gap whereù it will be 36°C. North of the Loire, it will also be hot, with more bearable temperatures. The minimum is à 27°C à Belfort, Strasbourg, Metz, Reims, Lille, and Cherbourg.

The rest of the week will also be synonymous with heat throughout France, although a veil of clouds will cross the territory from west to east. Thunderstorms and rain are expected throughout the year. from Wednesday July 31 in the evening. The weather will be gloomy until Saturday August 3 in the afternoon. These few days of rain will bring the mercury down, with differences of more than 10°C in certain regions. This is particularly the case with Biarritz where it will only be 23°C on Saturday.