Temperatures are high in France, reaching above 40°C on Saturday for the first time this year.

The heat broke records on Saturday July 20. The 40°C mark has been reached. reached for the first time this year in France.

Summer is here, and the heat is reaching record levels for this year. Saturday July 20, the symbolic threshold of 40°C was reached. reached in the Pyr&nées-Orientales, going up to ' 40.8°C in the town of Céret, according to Mét&o-France. Other regions experienced high, and sometimes even sweltering, temperatures. cause of humidity due to the storms that passed through the territory from the Ardennes to the Massif Central. The south of France was also affected. marked by very high mercury at the start of the weekend, with temperatures going up to 39.9°C &agrav; Cadenet, in Vaucluse, or 38°C in Var.

The record for the hottest day of the year in the territory was set. crossed Friday 19, with a national average à 24.7°C. Heat that was expected by the French by half of the year northern part of the territory, which experienced particularly low temperatures for several weeks, while half of The south was sunny. À note all the same that the storms which passed through part of France on Saturday night à Sunday brought temperatures down very quickly. These should go back up in the days à come, but without always reaching recent records.

A summer warmer than normal

According to Mét&o-France, the months of July and August will be particularly hot this year. "The scenario of a warmer quarter than normal is the most likely for France" and "this probabilityé “is more marked for the Mediterranean regions”, informs the weather forecasting body.

These weather conditions are at risk. risk for the most vulnerable people, but also for the environment. Extreme heat causes drought, which can lead to fires or à waterproofing the soil, which then becomes incapable of absorbing rainwater. Heavy rainfall in summer are increasingly marked and this can lead to damage, like that affecting Haute-Marne.