Bonn in the top 5 Hottest day ever recorded in Germany
BONN · Thursday will in all likelihood go down as the hottest day in Germany since weather recording began, according to the German Weather Service. And Bonn was one of the top five hot spots.
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), Thursday, July 25, 2019, has gone down in German history as the hottest day ever since weather recording began. 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) or more was reached at 25 measuring stations. If the temperature readings in Lingen are confirmed (42.6 degrees Celsius/108.7 Fahrenheit), it would also break the previous all-time record set in Kitzingen in 2015, according to the DWD on Facebook.
With a scorching 42.6 degrees Celsius, the new record is 2.3 degrees higher than the previous record set in Kitzingen. That record was topped at 15 different measuring stations. All in all, new records were set in six German states. According to a preliminary list from the DWD, Bonn-Roleber had the fifth hottest temperature with 40.9 degrees, Köln-Stammheim (41.1 degrees), Duisburg-Baerl, Tönisvorst (both 41.2 degrees) and finally Lingen (42.6 degrees).
Bonn-Roleber one of top five hottest places
The DWD measured 40.6 degrees Celsius/105.6 Fahrenheit on Thursday at 1:20 pm in Bonn-Roleber. After Geilenkirchen on Wednesday with 40.5 degrees, that meant a new German heat record was set. But it did not last long: At 3:10 pm, 41.5 degrees was measured in Lingen in Lower Saxony. The unofficial heat record is now the 42.6 degrees Celsius reached in Lingen, according to DWD. It is the first time that temperatures have risen above 41 degrees Celsius in the history of German weather recordings.
(Orig. text: ga.de; Translation: ck)
