France Faces Another Heatwave This Weekend After June 17 Episode

France is likely to experience another heatwave during the weekend of June 27-28 and the following week after a brief respite from the episode that began on June 17, Le Monde reported. Météo-France forecast temperatures of 35°C or higher in the southern half of the country on June 28, with peaks of 36°C to 37°C around Bordeaux, Toulouse and Agen.

The orange heatwave alert is scheduled to be lifted for all departments on July 2 before possibly being reactivated.

Temperatures are expected to fall throughout France on July 1 and July 2, then climb again on July 3. High temperatures are forecast to intensify during the week beginning July 6, spreading northward from the south with lower intensity than in the south. "It is likely that we will see heatwave-level temperatures in the South this weekend," said Patrick Galois, a forecaster at Météo-France.

"According to the most probable scenario, the heat will intensify in the South and spread north, though with lower intensity than in the South," he added. This episode would be the third heatwave of 2026. The first arrived in May.