Overview

• Météo-France raised orange ‘canicule’ vigilance from five to eleven departments in the south and centre-east starting August 8.
• Daytime temperatures of 36–40 °C and nighttime lows above 20 °C are forecast through the weekend into next week.
• A blocking anticyclone and advection of hot air from Spain and remnants of Tropical Depression Dexter are sustaining clear skies and peak heat.
• Since August 5, a wildfire near Narbonne in the Aude department has scorched 16,000 hectares and claimed one life under extreme conditions.
• This marks France’s 51st recorded heatwave since 1947 and follows a record-warm July 2025, underscoring intensifying summer extremes in a warming climate.