Highest temperature in Paris on August 1?

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Market context

Paris’s highest reading on 1 August will be taken from Paris-Le Bourget Airport Station, so the key question is whether the day peaks in the high 20s Celsius or pushes into the low 30s. The crowd is currently pricing a **28°C** outcome at **70%**, with **29°C** at **19%**, which implies traders expect a warm but not exceptional early-August day rather than a sharp heat spike.[1]

That probability looks consistent with Paris’s normal August pattern, where daytime highs are often in the mid-20s Celsius, but it needs to be read against recent French heat episodes that have shown how quickly forecasts can shift. In June 2026, Reuters and AP reported France’s hottest-ever day in a broader European heatwave context, and later coverage from the *Connexion* noted Paris highs rising into the low 30s during a weekend heat intensification, so traders have been treating upper-20s outcomes as the baseline while keeping room for late-model upgrades if a hotter air mass builds.[6][7][8]

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