Overview

• Météo-France declared the June 19–July 4 heatwave over after 16 consecutive days matching the 2003 record.
• Rain and thunderstorms swept across much of France over the weekend, driving temperatures below seasonal averages into early next week.
• Thirteen southeastern departments will remain on orange alert through Monday with very high forest-fire warnings in Bouches-du-Rhône, Aude and Var.
• Several forecasting models project a new heatwave building around July 14 linked to a strengthening Azores anticyclone.
• Local authorities in the Rhône department have accelerated urban greening by planting hundreds of thousands of trees since 2020 to curb heat-island impacts.