{"id":10174,"date":"2025-08-12T18:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/?p=10174"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:56:01","slug":"nice-heatwave-breaks-records-with-hottest-evening-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/en\/nice-heatwave-breaks-records-with-hottest-evening-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice Heatwave Breaks Records with Hottest Evening Ever for the French Riviera Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur resort town, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/topics\/destinations-french-riviera\/nice\/\"><strong>Nice<\/strong><\/a>, is experiencing its <strong>warmest night in recorded history<\/strong> this evening (Tuesday, 12 August 2025) as the latest heatwave (or <em>canicule<\/em>) grips the south of France. <strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/nice-experiences-hottest-night-of-2026-as-heat-wave\/\">Nice recorded its hottest night for 2026<\/a> almost a year to the day later &#8211; 13 August 2026 &#8211; although it&#8217;s slightly less than the record set in 2025.)<\/p>\n<p>With a <strong><em>minimum<\/em> temperature of 28.7\u00b0C<\/strong>, this is the hottest night in the French Riviera&#8217;s capital since records began in 1942, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meteoCA\/posts\/pfbid0367F3FTVd2apD9obo7SaH1DXXqk1SugHh74wAyBmhricvMn2DDr5hsj1wv66gvzZUl\">according<\/a> to the local weather station C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur Meteo. It narrowly overtakes the previous record of 28.6\u00b0C which was set on 22 August 2023.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10195\" style=\"width: 822px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"71836e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #71836e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10195 size-full not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2.jpg\" alt=\"heatwave on the French Riviera\" width=\"822\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2-601x420.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-2-696x486.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children and adults cool off under fountains in Antibes, August 2025. Photo: Riviera Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Meteo said this evening&#8217;s temperature is the <strong>highest recorded in 83 years<\/strong> of measurements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such a high overnight low is worthy of the strongest tropical nights, preventing any real cooling and leaving the atmosphere stifling well into the night before the daytime heat intensifies,&#8221; said the weather station. (And anyone on the French Riviera right now can attest to that &#8216;stifling&#8217; feeling!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other notable temperatures today include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">29.6\u00b0C in Menton,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">29.4\u00b0C in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/top-eight-reasons-to-visit-valbonne\/\">Valbonne<\/a>\u2013Sophia (which is also a new record, beating the previous 29.1\u00b0C on 22 August, 2023),<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">28.2\u00b0C in Fr\u00e9jus\u2013Mont Vinaigre, and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">26.5\u00b0C at Col d\u2019\u00c8ze\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Monday, Carros recorded the highest maximum temperature in the Alpes Maritimes with 37.9\u00b0C, while Vinon sur Verdon in the Var reached\u00a040\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Tuesday, some of the highs in the Var region included 41\u00b0C in Cogolin and 35.4\u00b0C in Hy\u00e8res this afternoon, while in the Alpes Maritimes area, it was 36.9\u00b0C in Mandelieu, 38.3\u00b0C in Lantosque, and 33.6\u00b0C in Nice.<\/p>\n<p>The Meteo has warned that this heatwave will continue through the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Several &#8216;cold drops&#8217; over the #Atlantic will act like heat pumps, feeding this intense heat. The heatwave is therefore expected to persist until the end of the period (around the start of next week) before gradually easing. However, this forecast remains subject to change, given the relatively long time frame,&#8221; said the Meteo.<\/p>\n<p>An orange alert for thunderstorms has been issued for some areas, with hail already falling in Valberg. Rain, hail and strong gusts of wind of up to 100km\/hour have been predicted in the Var.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10196\" style=\"width: 822px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"4362aa\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4362aa;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10196 size-full not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes.jpg\" alt=\"heatwave on the French Riviera canicule Cote d'Azur\" width=\"822\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-601x420.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hot-night-fountains-antibes-696x486.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children and adults cool off under fountains in Antibes, August 2025. Photo: Riviera Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Environmentalists have stressed that the heat is threatening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/stars-help-save-coral-reefs-from-extinction-36-for-coral\/\">corals<\/a> and the ocean&#8217;s already fragile biodiversity. Scientists say the heatwaves are being caused by global warming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur resort town, Nice, is experiencing its warmest night in recorded history this evening (Tuesday, 12 August 2025) as the latest heatwave (or canicule) grips the south of France. 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