This Saturday, June 4, a heat record was broken in Cap Corse. The thermometer thus rose to 37.4°C. One of the highest values recorded since the opening of the station in 1917.
It’s not summer yet but the mercury is already panicking: a record heat for
a month of June was recorded on Saturday in Cap Corse, in the north of the island of Beauty, with 37.4 degrees, according to Météo-France.
It is also the first time in 2022 that the thermometer has reached 37°C anywhere
where in metropolitan France, at least on the main network of Météo-France stations, said a spokesperson. “Around 2 p.m., the T°C reached peaks in Cap Corse with 37 degrees, a new monthly record for the month of June ahead of the 36.6°C of June 30, 2019“, says Météo-France on Twitter.
Météo-France has confirmed that the temperature in Cap Corse has risen to 37.4°C, according to readings available at 4:00 p.m. All months combined, at Cap Corse, this is the eighth highest value recorded at this station, which opened in 1917. The seven others had all been recorded between the end of July and the beginning of August. “It is scorching hot today. I remain cloistered inside. The laundry dries in five minutes, we are more used to these temperatures during the months of July and August than in June“, said Elizabeth Lembezat, retired in the coastal town of Macinaggio, at the northern end of Cap Corse.
“The fact of beating at the beginning of the month a value on such an old station
and iconic is stunning and also conveys the surface hot anomaly
in Mediterranean. Worrying for the coming summer“, estimates on Twitter the engineer
forecaster Gaétan Heymes.
In Ajaccio, it was 37.1°C. A few drops of rain fell in the morning
on the largest Corsican city, leaving traces of dust
sandy brown and the atmosphere was heavy and hot in the afternoon.
The record in Cap Corse comes the day after the report drawn up by Météo-France for the spring (March-April-May). During this period, the rainfall deficit was 45% below normal, ranking the third driest spring since the beginning of the 20th century, behind 2011 and 1976, the year of historical drought.
It also ranked as the third warmest spring. The month of May has
including the hottest summer on record, with an average temperature of
17.8°C, one degree higher than the previous record set in May 2011, equivalent to one
month of June.
In a context of global warming which accentuates the frequency, intensity
and the duration of droughts, Météo-France is thus counting on a summer (June-July-August)
hot and dry.
Météo-France has also placed 65 departments ranging from the South-West to the North
and in the East in orange alert for thunderstorms until Sunday morning. “The risk of large hail is significant, especially in the Southwest and the Massif Central”, according to the organization.