On the Island of Ouessant in Brittany, the temperature exceeds 30 degrees for the first time – The HuffPost

Andia via Getty Images On the island of Ouessant, the temperature exceeds 30 degrees for the first time HEAT WEATHER – A “heat apocalypse” and falling temperature records. For the first time since the start of weather readings, the 30°C mark was exceeded on the island of Ouessant, off the coast of Brittany, this Monday, July 18. It was 31.5°C at the aerodrome and in the shade at 2:30 p.m. “It’s official. Ouessant has just reached 30°C under shelter. It is currently 31.5°C at the aerodrome,” said Gaétan Heymes, forecasting engineer for Météo-France, in a tweet. As his colleague Thibault Guinaldo points out, “it was the only station to never have exceeded this bar”. The old absolute record dated August 4, 2003 with 29.3°C. It’s official. #Ouessant has just reached 30°C under shelter.
It is currently 31.5°C at the aerodrome.— Gaétan Heymes (@GaetanHeymes) July 18, 2022Records in Brest, Lannion and NantesRecord also broken in Brest, at the tip of Finistère. At the start of the afternoon, 35.8°C were recorded against 35.2°C in 1949, the previous record, Météo-France announced on Twitter. The temperature should continue to rise as the day progresses. 🌡️ With 35.8°C at the start of the afternoon, the station of #Brest-Guipavas has just broken its absolute record for max T°C dating from 1949: 35.2°C on 07/12/1949. 📊Number of days with T°C max > or = 30°C and > or = 35°C, during the weather summer, on this station open since 1945. ⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/nDksQlScwF— Météo-France ( @meteofrance) July 18, 2022At 2:30 p.m., the highest heat ever recorded in Lannion was also recorded. “The record for the Lannion resort (opened in 2003) was beaten at 2:30 p.m. by 1.5°C…”, reports Thibault Guinaldo. It is more than 37.7 ° C in this city of Côtes-d’Armor. A little further south, in Loire-Atlantique, record also for the city of Nantes with 40.5 ° C at 3 p.m. this Monday. The previous record also dates from 1949, with 40.3°C. The prefecture of the department warned on Sunday that 42°C could be reached locally. The Atlantic coast, however usually relatively protected from heat waves, is particularly affected by this heat wave. Fifteen departments are placed in red vigilance, including the four of Brittany: Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Côtes-d’Armor. 51 others are on orange alert. See also also on the Huffpost: Heat wave or heat wave, how to tell the difference?