http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update56.htm Earth Policy Institute article; data for more countries: http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update56_data.htm France does not commonly have very hot summers, particularly in the northern areas, CIA-The World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html but eight consecutive days with temperatures of more than 40 °C were recorded in Auxerre, Yonne in early August 2003.