Will any weather station in France record 110F before Aug 7?
67% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 30 predictions cast.
No French weather station recorded 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) before August 7, 2026, during the country's fourth major heatwave of the year. Forecasters had warned as the heatwave built in late July that temperatures would reach as high as 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the coming days, and by early August the heat was driving France's largest wildfire on record, a blaze that burned roughly 420 square kilometers and forced more than 224,000 people to evacuate in the Bordeaux region. Firefighters were still working to stabilize that fire on August 3 as a record-breaking hot, dry summer continued to grip Western Europe, also fueling wildfires in Greece and the driest July in nearly two centuries in England and Wales. While southern France saw dangerous, wildfire-fanning heat, reported peak readings during this stretch stayed in the 40-43 Celsius range, short of the 110 Fahrenheit threshold. The community leaned toward no at 33 percent yes across 30 votes, correctly anticipating the outcome.