Published on
24/06/2026 - 12:17 GMT+2
A historic heatwave continues to grip France. On Wednesday 24 June, residents woke to record temperatures once again: 29°C in La Rochelle, 26°C in Dieppe and 27°C in Paris — all by 5am. Fifty-eight départements are on red alert and 31 on orange alert.
Maximum temperatures remain exceptionally high across most of the western half of the country. Météo-France has warned that further records are likely to fall, "including all-time records for any month." While daytime highs are changing little, overnight minimums continue to rise.
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