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FILE - Stephanie Touissaint, foreground, uses a fan to keep cool in the sweltering heat at Eiffel Tower Stadium during a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics,

Video. France this year recorded hottest summer since measurements began

Updated: 03/09/2026 - 21:09 GMT+2

According to Meteo France, the summer of 2026 recorded an average temperature of 24 °C covering day and nighttime, 3.6 C above the normal average, and higher than in 2003, when temperatures were 2.7 C above normal.

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