Persistent heatwave in the south of France, the Pyrénées-Orientales on yellow alert

The Pyrénées-Orientales return to yellow alert. But for six other departments in the south of France, the heatwave continues until Monday, Météo-France reported on Sunday, September 6, in its first morning bulletin. The high temperatures will persist until the start of the week in Ardèche, Aude, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, and Vaucluse, which remain on orange "heatwave" alert, warns the agency.

Météo-France notes that “values ​​never before reached for the month of September were very frequently recorded” on Saturday.

The agency cites temperatures which well exceed 35°C and peak up to ten degrees above seasonal norms: 36.3°C in Avignon, 36.8°C in Marignane, 37.8°C in Narbonne, 38.2°C in Nîmes and up to 39.4°C in Perpignan. Already on Friday, Météo-France had noted unprecedented values.

High temperatures continue until Monday

“Peaks above 38°C” are still expected for Sunday “along the Tarn or the Garonne (southern part)”, continues the forecaster, with temperatures similar to those of the day before “in the Mediterranean South”. On Monday, "the strong heat will resist in the South-East while a significant decrease will occur in the South-West", continues the organization.

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This intense episode is the latest in a series of heat waves recorded in recent months. During the summer period alone, which lasts from June to August for meteorologists, the country experienced three heat waves, one of which, at the end of June, reached a record intensity and another, from the end of July to August, equaled with 23 days the record for the longest wave ever recorded in France, which dated from 1983.