The year with the most significant heat wave in France was July 2019, with an average temperature on the hottest day of 29.4 degrees Celsius. The second hottest wave was in August 2003 with an average temperature of 29.35 on the hottest day of the wave. The most intense heat waves generally do not correspond to the longest heat waves in terms of days of high heat.
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