Heat: Heat Peak Reached in the South-West, Temperatures Expected to Fall
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Météo-France placed 83 departments in orange vigilance on Friday, August 14... but none in red. Yet, the heat wave is already longer than the 2003 episode, and temperatures are around or sometimes above 40°C. How to explain it? - A long heat wave, more than 40°C... but no red heat alert: how to explain it? (Weather and weather).
The heat intensified again this Thursday 13 August 2026 in Ariège, with a peak at 41.3 °C in Mas-d-Azil. The nights also remain very soft in plains, while the Haute-Ariège preserves more freshness....
While 80 departments are placed in orange alert, mercury has reached high levels throughout the region before a gradual decrease expected by the west and by three.
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lalsace.frEighty departments are placed in warm orange vigilance this Thursday, the day of the peak of the fifth heat wave of the summer, with 38 to 40 °C expected from the South-West to the Centre-Val de Loire. A first refreshment will reach the west Friday, before thunderstorms this weekend. Follow our direct.
With 17 days of high temperatures on Thursday, France's current heat wave is the longest in the country, after July 2006 (twenty-one days) and July 1983 (twenty-three days).
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