Climate Changed
France's National Temperature Record Smashed in Europe Heatwave
People bathe in the Trocadero Fountain near the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a heatwave on June 28.
Photographer: Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP/Getty Images
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The heatwave frying parts of Europe smashed France’s high-temperature record, with weather service Meteo-France reporting 45.9 degrees Celsius, or 114.6 Fahrenheit, in the town of Gallargues le Montueux near the Mediterranean Sea.
That’s almost 2 degrees Celsius above the previous French record of 44.1 degrees Celsius, set during Europe’s 2003 heatwave.