The heat wave continues to raise the temperature in the four corners of France. On Monday July 18, 2022, absolute records were broken, according to Météo France readings. It was 42.6°C in Biscarrosse (Landes), 39.3°C in Brest (Finistère) or 41.4°C in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée). According to La Chaîne Météo, the heat wave is now heading for the northeastern two-thirds of the country and the Paris basin, “where this Tuesday will be the hottest day of the episode”.
Thus, the symbolic threshold of 40°C could be reached or even exceeded even in Hauts-de-France. “In the west, after a tropical night, the temperatures rise much less during the day and the heat wave ends, with 10° to 15° C less than Monday”, continues the site specializing in meteorology.
This end of the heat wave rhymes with thunderstorms, because the sky will darken from 8 p.m. this Tuesday, especially in Aquitaine and in the Midi-Pyrenees region. “They could be quite marked in the first part of the night, with a risk of hail, gusts of wind and cumulative rain that could quickly reach 20 to 30 mm, but it will be quite localized”, concludes the forecaster.
In our slideshow below, discover the sixty departments in yellow or orange vigilance for thunderstorms this Tuesday, July 19, 2022. The information provided below is based on the vigilance bulletin of Météo France from six o’clock in the morning this day. The forecast is subject to change in the following hours.
