towards new temperature records in Nord-Pas-de-Calais?
The Nord and Pas-de-Calais are represented in yellow vigilance heat wave. If you are already hot this Thursday, the mercury will continue to climb for Friday and Saturday. In Lille, the heat record of 34.8 degrees in June, reached in 1947, is about to be beaten on Saturday with 36 degrees according to Météo France forecasts. It will be up to 38 degrees in Valenciennes, Avesnois and Cambrésis. The last record dates back to 2011 with 35 degrees at this time.
What are the measures in force in Nord-Pas-de-Calais?
In this area, the thermometer will rise more than ten degrees in just two days. So the prefects of Nord and Pas-de-Calais took action this Thursday evening. If it is not useful for the moment to check your Crit’air sticker number, you take your foot off the road. We do not exceed 110 km / h on highways at 130 km / h, maximum 90 km/h on the portions limited to 110 km/h. For trucks over three and a half tons, it is forbidden to exceed 80 kilometers per hour. In the industry, there is no ban but a call to postpone maintenance work and installation degassing.
To find a little freshness this weekend, you can take the direction of the coast but not just any: that of the North where the temperatures will remain bearable with 25 degrees, against around thirty degrees in Pas-de-Calais .