Highest temperature recorded in France

What to remember

On 28 June 2019, Vérargues, in Hérault, recorded 46.0 °C, the highest temperature ever measured in France. By then the village was no longer a commune in its own right: on 1 January 2019 it had merged with Saint-Christol into the new commune of Entre-Vignes.

The record therefore bears the name of a former commune of the Occitanie region in southern France. In Provençal, the village is called Verargas.

Weather records of this kind are compiled by national weather services, and only officially observed values count, taken under set conditions so that readings stay comparable around the world.