The Weather Channel gave its trends over four weeks for the end of the summer holidays. Find out what weather to expect over the northern half and southern half of the country in August.
After weeks of heat waves and heat, July is the driest month since 1959. The trend for the month of August, given by the Weather Channelshould remain in the same continuity with “sustainably warm” weather.
Risk of heat wave at the beginning of the month
The risk of a heat wave is “significant”, indicates Régis Crépet, meteorologist for the Weather Channel for the first half of the month. Despite a few isolated thunderstormsthe weather will remain dry. A new heat wave is scheduled from Sunday.
New wave of #heat from Sunday. To date, we are not talking about #heat wave. On the other hand, the strong heat and the #drought will last this summer \ud83d\ude14\ud83d\udd25 But the weather is nice for vacationers, who tell me “we’re not complaining” \u26f1\ufe0f\ud83d\udd76\ufe0f
— Régis Crépet \ud83c\udf21 \ud83d\udcc9 (@RegisCrepet) July 29, 2022
On the northern half, the weather will be mostly sunny the whole month of August, with temperatures around 25°C on average.
On the other hand, on the southern half, more thunderstorms are expected, especially in the second half of the month. You will spend a stormy holiday and the temperatures will be higher, with an average of 28°C.
A “high risk” month of August
Régis Crépet warns: the month of August “looks like a high risk month” due to forecast drought and heat, continuing into July. The risk of fires could be “extreme in the south” with the consequences of the drought “increasingly heavy and visible in our territory.”