Lead sun, heavy atmosphere and unusually hot nights … The thermometer must reach up to 36 ° C this Friday, a dozen more degrees than normal season, depending on meteorological sites.

The first heat wave of the year begins. With temperatures above 35 ° C in location, France is undergoing temperatures this Friday, June 20, far beyond seasonal normal. Météo-France has placed in orange heat wave 16 departments mainly located in the west, before a peak expected on Saturday across the country.

Temperatures are already very high in the morning, especially in western France and several metropolises. 26 ° C in Paris, 28 ° C in Lyon, 30 ° C in Rennes, La Rochelle or 30 ° C in Nantes.

In the northern half of the country, count 24 ° C in Lille or 25 ° C in Rouen. In the south, it will already be 30 ° C in Montpellier this Friday morning, and 29 ° C in Ajaccio, Toulouse or Montélimar.

Bordeaux, the hottest city in the afternoon

In the afternoon, “it is a heat of lead under a fiery sun that will concern the regions of the west and the center”, alerts the weather chain.

However, “the heat will be a little less strong on a northeast third of the country where a small east wind to northeast will allow a little better better”.

In terms of temperature: the two hottest cities will probably be Rennes and Bordeaux which will display temperatures of 36 ° C depending on Météo-France. Also count 32 ° C in Paris, 30 ° C in Ajaccio or Belfort, 35 ° C in Nantes, Toulouse and Perpignan.

In the evening, the atmosphere will remain very heavy, especially in the cities of the west and the center.