European heat wave gives Germany record temperature

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

BERLIN (AP) — 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 (104.54 Fahrenheit) in Kitzingen, northern Bavaria, on Sunday afternoon.

Weather service spokesman Uwe Kirsche said Monday that the record won't be official until technicians have manually checked the station.

But he says "we assume that our equipment worked properly."

FULL story at link.



Children cool off in the water fountains in Nice, southeastern France, Sunday, July 5, 2015. A mass of hot air moving north from Africa is bringing unusually hot weather to Western Europe, with France in recent days experiencing temperatures around 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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[Helen Borg]

1. Oh joy, will be there in August...

[Demeter]

2. Couldn't happen to a more deserving country

which has been putting the heat of Greece for 5+ years, and will continue as long as Greece is around to kick.

[GreatGazoo]

4. Mass suffering of people who have no influence over the debt negotiation is not justice or karma.

[Demeter]

5. If I thought you had the faintest idea what you were talking about, I still wouldn't care

[GreatGazoo]

6. I'm making a distinction between the people of a country vs. the bankers/government of that country

Isn't that nice of me ?

[LanternWaste]

9. No doubt, the sentiment is reciprocated most accurately...

No doubt, the sentiment is reciprocated most accurately...

[LittleGirl]

3. Yesterday was the worst

but it's cooled off over night. I live 5 miles from Germany and we're at 86 right now which is at least 10 degrees cooler than it was yesterday at this hour. ugh. Air conditioning is not typical here. The groceries stores and American hotels like Hilton have a/c but only some of the local restaurants do. Malls and shopping centers are closed on Sunday. We stayed in and kept the windows shut. ugh.

[DFW]

7. Here in Düsseldorf it hit just about that, it was over 39.0°

It was very humid, too, a combination most Germans are not used to. Older people in particular were suffering, and ambulance sirens were blaring for a lot of the day. My wife, who got the lymph nodes on her left side taken out during her cancer operation, was not having an easy time of it, either, but she pulled through and today, it has cooled off considerably.

To make light of the situation reminds me of how Fox Noise and the red states mocked people suffering in NY and NJ after Sandy. Whatever floats your boat, if that's how you get your jollies.

Wednesday, it is supposed to rain and go below 20°C, in which case I'll be the one suffering again (my wife doesn't mind that kind of weather). I'll be back in Sprout City, where sunshine is considered a weather aberration. But on Friday, we leave for Boss Town, and we are outta here for two months.

[Aristus]

8. I was stationed in Kitzingen from 1989-1991 when I was in the Army.

It got pretty hot there in the summer anyway, climate change or no climate change.

I attended the 3rd Infantry Division's NCO Academy there in the summer of 1991. In dress formation, the black polish on our shoes would partially liquefy in the hot sun, ruining our hard-earned shine.

Summers in Germany, by and large, were warm, but breezy and comfortable. There was always one short period, usually in July, where for 7-10 days, the heat would become prickly and nearly unbearable. After that, as if someone had flipped a switch, it would go back to breezy and comfortable.