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Heatwave in France: Temperatures top 40°C and set September records

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

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  • Temperatures reached 39.4°C in Perpignan on Saturday, an unprecedented September reading for the area, while Narbonne, Nîmes and Bormes-les-Mimosas also recorded exceptional highs.
  • A temperature of 40.2°C was recorded in Céret on Friday, with record levels also reported in parts of Aquitaine, Occitania and the Rhône Valley.
  • The heat was expected to spread to Brittany, Normandy and the Île-de-France region.

France has entered another intense heat spell, with temperatures nearing 40°C in the south and several locations recording their highest September readings on record.

Perpignan reached 39.4°C on Saturday afternoon, according to provisional data collected by the public weather service Météo-France. The temperature had never been recorded there in September. Narbonne reached 37.8°C, Nîmes 37°C and Bormes-les-Mimosas 38.1°C, all unusually high values for the time of year.

The heat had already produced unprecedented readings on Friday in parts of southern Aquitaine, Occitania and the Rhône Valley. Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, recorded the highest temperature at 40.2°C, Météo-France reported.

The episode follows a record-breaking meteorological summer, which saw 53 days of heatwaves since historical records began. Forecasters expected the hot conditions to reach Brittany, Normandy and the Île-de-France region.

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