In certain locales of Germany, temperatures soar above 36 degrees Celsius
In the summer of 2025, Germany continued to experience unusually high temperatures, with several regions reaching new highs. On July 2, Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate, recorded a daily high of 39.3 degrees, while Artern, Thuringia, and Schlüchtern-Herolz, Hesse, both saw temperatures reach 36.5 degrees. Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, climbed to 36.8 degrees, and Huy-Pabstorf, Saxony-Anhalt, potentially reached 37.0 degrees, although the status of the measurement location needs confirmation.
Tuesday and Wednesday were particularly hot in the southwestern federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, with a preliminary value of 37.0 degrees recorded in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, on Wednesday. By Thursday, many places in Germany had temperatures above 36 degrees, according to the German Weather Service.
These high temperatures are part of a broader pattern of increasing heat waves and summer temperature records due to climate change. In recent years, Germany has witnessed several extreme heat events, with some record-breaking heat waves occurring especially in 2022 and 2023.
In July 2019, Germany experienced an intense heat wave with temperatures above 40°C (104°F) in some locations, breaking previous national records. More recently, in summer 2022, Germany witnessed a new historic temperature record of about 42.6°C, the highest ever recorded in the country. Heat waves have again been significant in 2023 and 2024, sustaining extremely high summer temperatures over 40°C in various regions.
The all-time temperature record for Germany is 41.2 degrees, recorded on July 25, 2019, at the DWD weather stations of Tönisvorst and Duisburg-Baerl (both in North Rhine-Westphalia). For exact official readings and dates by weather stations, these are typically archived by Germany's national meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst) or international climate monitoring bodies.
While the search results do not list exact highest temperature values for Germany since 2019, available climate records outside this search show that Germany's summer peaks have crossed historic thresholds above 40°C starting with 2019's heat wave and peaking in 2022. These extremes have been part of a broader pattern of increasing heat waves and summer temperature records due to climate change, which intensifies heat duration and severity across Europe including Germany.
The German Weather Service reported that many places in Germany had temperatures above 36 degrees by Thursday, as the country continues to experience a series of heat waves and summer temperature records due to climate change. To accurately predict and prepare for such weather-forecasting is crucial for the whole nation, especially during these trying times.
