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Hottest day of the year so far: The highest temperatures were measured here
At the outdoor pool in Forst (Lausitz), a bather jumps from the five-meter platform of the diving tower into the pool at around 35 degrees Celsius in the shade
© Frank Hammerschmidt/ / Picture Alliance
Germany has experienced the hottest day of the year so far. The highest temperatures were recorded on Saturday in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
With up to 37.1 degrees, Saturday was the hottest day of the year so far. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the highest values were measured late Saturday afternoon at the Waghäusel-Kirrlach stations on the Upper Rhine (Baden-Württemberg) and in Bad Kreuznach (Rhineland-Palatinate).
High temperatures, but no record values
Behind the 37.1 degrees measured there, according to DWD information from Saturday evening, were Möhrendorf-Kleinseebach in the Middle Franconian district of Erlangen-Höchstadt (Bavaria) with 36.8 degrees, followed by Trier-Zewen (Rhineland-Palatinate) with 36.6 degrees and Kahl am Main in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg on the Bavarian-Hessian border with 36.5 degrees.
The German temperature record is still a long way from all these values. According to the DWD, 41.2 degrees Celsius were measured on July 25, 2019 at stations in Duisburg and Tönisvorst (near Krefeld). A temperature record of 42.6 degrees measured in Lingen on the same day was later canceled afterwards. The values from this Saturday are not record values for June either: at the end of June 2019, values of around 39 degrees were measured in several places.