The national thermal indicator, which averages the daily temperature across the country, reached 17.6°C on Saturday. Never seen before in early April.
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Temperatures in France on Saturday April 6 exceeded 30°C in the South and 25°C in the northern half of the country, much higher than seasonal norms. The national thermal indicator – the average daily temperature across the country – reached 17.6°C on Saturday, according to government data. France experienced an exceptional and early heat peak, which will not last. On Sunday, temperatures had started to drop.
“Such a value had never been recorded by Météo-France before mid-April (former record 17°C on April 15, 2015)”, noted the French observatory Keraunos on X, about the national thermal indicator. Many records have been broken, according to Météo-France forecaster Etienne Kapikian, who shared some data on X.
It was 32.7°C in Orthez and 32°C in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 30.5°C in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), 28°C in Munster (Haut-Rhin) or even 21 .8°C at Markstein, at an altitude of 1,184 meters in the Vosges.
Under the effect of global warming, the consequences of which are increasingly visible in France and around the world, this heat peak illustrates a broader phenomenon, marked by a cycle of seasons which will be disrupted.
