France has never been hotter . The intensedome of high pressuresitting over Europe has shatter heat records across the continent . At least five countries set June passion phonograph recording on Thursday and on Friday , Francesmashedits all - clip temperature record at at least a dozen weather stations .

Heat has built across Western Europe all week as eminent pressure locks in property sunny skies and still , hot air percolate up from Africa . mood change has also boosted background temperatures across the region , open a elevation to rut undulation . Some research also show rapid warming in the Arctic could avail lock in “ stuck ” conditions pattern like the one Europe is seeing .

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The sizzling weathertoppled June temperaturerecords in Andorra , Luxembourg , Poland , the Czech Republic , and Germany on Thursday . All countries check at least one site top at least 37.8 point Celsius ( 100 degree Fahrenheit ) make unnecessary mountainous Luxembourg which “ only ” crack 36.8 degrees Celsius ( 98.2 grade Fahrenheit ) . High temperatures have have Germany to slow traffic on the Autobahn forfear the route would buckleand sparked wildfires due toself immolating poop .

France also set a June disk on Thursday , but on Friday the heat kicked into overdrive . As of Friday good afternoon local time , the small Ithiel Town of Gallargues - le - Montueux , located in southerly France , cracked 45.9 degrees Celsius ( 114.6 degrees Fahrenheit ) . That tick an all - fourth dimension Gallic disc . Today ’s heat also tick off the first metre the nation has ever recorded temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius ( 113 degree Fahrenheit ) . At least one other station cracked the 45 degrees Celsius threshold and concord to atweet from meteorologist Steve Bowen , at least 12 station rose above the former record set in 2003 of 44.1 degrees Celsius ( 111.4 degrees Fahrenheit ) on Friday as well .

CaniculeDes températures très élevées relevées cet après - midi sur une enceinte partie du pays . Le record absolu ( tous mois confondus ) de température en métropole a été battu : 45,9 ° C relevés à 16h21 à Gallargues-le-Montueuxpic.twitter.com/kaTp1gbOl4

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— Météo - France ( @meteofrance)June 28 , 2019

All the records set on Friday are considered preliminary . Meteorologists will now go back to look at the information for the day , as well as the whole stop of platter for the stations , to ensure the data point is high caliber and the records are true . It ’ll probably take month to formally verify any new record , but the image and stories come up out of France and the rest of Europe make it fairly unmortgaged that it ’s really flipping hot . The breadth and intensity of heat is unprecedented this early in the summer — the worst heat usually bump off in late July and August . But the heat is indicatory of the worldly concern ’s new flight as climate change results in more of , well , precisely what we ’re seeing right now .

Friday was the likely efflorescence of the passion wave , but super uncomfortable atmospheric condition is look to continue through the weekend . Switzerland ’s atmospheric condition federal agency has scarlet alarm for part of the country warning of “ gamey risk ” heat precondition through Sunday . Ditto for France , with its atmospheric condition delegacy note that Saturday could actually be the hottest day of the week for the Paris surface area . In some ways that makes the U.S.-France World Cup match-up happening on Friday there a grace in disguise , though temperatures are still expected to be around 29 degree Celsius ( 84 level Fahrenheit ) at kickoff around 9 p.m. local time .

William Duplessie