New Heatwave Brings Unprecedented September Temperatures to Southern France
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- Temperatures reached about 40 degrees Celsius in parts of southern France, including a record 39.4 degrees in Perpignan for September.
- Several other cities recorded unprecedented temperatures for the month, while the hot spell is expected to spread northward.
- France recorded 53 heatwave days across three heatwaves this meteorological summer, the highest total since records began in 1900.
A new spell of intense heat has pushed temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius in southern France, setting September records in several locations.
Perpignan reached 39.4 degrees Celsius on Saturday afternoon, the highest temperature ever recorded there in September, according to provisional data collected by the public weather service Météo-France. Narbonne reached 37.8 degrees, Nîmes 37 degrees and Bormes-les-Mimosas 38.1 degrees, all unusually high for this time of year.
The heat had already reached unprecedented levels on Friday in parts of southern Aquitaine, Occitania and the Rhône Valley. Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, recorded the highest temperature at 40.2 degrees, Météo-France reported.
The episode began last Thursday and continued on Sunday. Météo-France does not classify it as a heatwave, although the service expects temperatures to rise across the northern half of the country. Brittany, Normandy and Île-de-France, the region that includes Paris, could see temperatures between 30 and 32 degrees.
France recorded 53 days of heat across three heatwaves during the meteorological summer, a record since measurements began in 1900.
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