European heat wave gives Germany record temperature
BERLIN — Europe’s heat wave has pushed the mercury to its highest level in Germany since measurements began in 1881.
A girl plays under the waterfall at the the fun bath in Endenich, a suburb of Bonn, western Germany, July 3, 2015. Photo: Reuters
BERLIN — Europe’s heat wave has pushed the mercury to its highest level in Germany since measurements began in 1881.
The country’s national weather service says an automated measurement station recorded a temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius in Kitzingen, northern Bavaria, yesterday (July 5) afternoon.
Weather service spokesman Uwe Kirsche said today that the record won’t be official until technicians have manually checked the station.
But he says “we assume that our equipment worked properly”.
The previous record of 40.2 Celsius was measured in the south-western city of Karlsruhe in 2003.
Storms across parts of Germany yesterday night brought temperatures back down. AP
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