Heat wave: all temperature records broken in France – The HuffPost

Google Map/HuffpostSeveral dozen cities broke their temperature record on July 18 and 19 due to the heat wave. Several dozen cities, from Calais to Biscarosse via Nantes, broke their temperature record due to the heat wave which hit the west of the country, then moved east. To see more clearly , the Huffpost has produced a map of the main towns and cities where the mercury panicked. As you can see, the main cities concerned are in the west and are often close to the coast, which is usually more protected from heat waves, which makes this heatwave episode even more exceptional. Dieppe, Le Touquet and Calais were (very) hot on Tuesday Absolute heat records were recorded on Tuesday July 19 along the coasts of the north-west of the country, sometimes exceeding 40°C, as in Dieppe or Cayeux-sur -Sea, said Météo-France. The Dieppe station, in Seine-Maritime, opened in 1949, recorded 40.4°C, against a previous record of 40.1°C on July 25, 2019. Cayeux-sur-Mer, in the Somme, whose station has only existed since 2006, recorded 41°C, against 40.1°C on July 25, 2019. Other absolute records in Pas-de-Calais, with 39.6°C in Boulogne-sur-Mer (37, 9°C on July 31, 2020), while the 40 mark was approached in Le Touquet with 39.9°C (39.3°C on July 25, 2019) as in Calais (38.7°C on July 25, 2019 ).If Paris was also very hot, the 40.5°C recorded are not a record. The capital experienced its second hottest day since records, far from its absolute record of 42.6°C recorded on July 25, 2019. In the east of the country, through which the heat wave is evacuating, the records did not fall, despite high temperatures, 39.9°C in Lyon, 39.1°C in Mourmelon (Marne) or 38°C in Strasbourg-Entzheim. 64 cities broke their heat record on MondayThe day before, these are 64 cities on the western side, where 15 departments were on heatwave red alert, which broke heat records. For example, the thermometer showed 39.3°C in Brest (against a previous record of 35.1°C in August 2003), 39.5°C in Saint-Brieuc (against 38.1°C in August 2003), 42°C in Nantes (compared to 40.3°C in July 1949) or 42.6°C in Biscarrosse (compared to 41.7°C in June 2022). In La Roche-sur-Yon, it was 41, 4°C (against 38.8°C in June 2019), Cholet broke its record by two degrees with 41.2°C (39.1°C in July 2019). More degrees of difference for Saint-Nazaire, where it was 40.7°C (against 38.4°C in August 2003). Finally in Saintes, the mercury rose to 41.1°C, or 0.1°C more than its previous record dating from July 1949. provisional at 5 p.m.): 🔴 Biscarosse (40): 42.6°C
41.7°C on 06/18/2022. Station opened in 1965.
🔴Cazaux (33): 42.4°C
40.6°C on 07/30/2020. Station open. in 1921.— Météo-France (@meteofrance) July 18, 2022Also see also on the Huffpost: During the heat wave, these air-conditioned stores and doors open at 40°C