The last of May’s long weekends kicks off on Friday - here’s what you can expect on the roads, and from the late spring weather over the Pentecost weekend.
Monday is Pentecost, the last jour férié of a holiday-heavy May – and the last before the Fête nationale on July 14th. Plenty of people plan to make the most of it, with the weather set to be very hot.
Phew, what a scorcher
A ‘heat dome’ settled over France on Thursday, which will cause temperatures to spike between 10C and 15C above seasonal norms, according to forecasters at Météo France.
On Thursday, temperatures in the southwestern Nouvelle Aquitaine and Occitanie regions broke through the 30C mark, and could reach as high as 35C over the long weekend.
