Germany’s June 2026 Heat: 54 Stations at 40°C or Higher

DWD
Extreme Weather
Data Analysis
A fresh check of 54 DWD station files reproduces their June 26–28 peaks, led by 41.8°C at Möckern-Drewitz. The count has a defined coverage limit.
Author

Climate Explorer Team

Published

July 2, 2026

Modified

September 13, 2026

A fresh download of 54 DWD station files reproduces the June 26–28, 2026 peaks in this article’s original selection. Every selected station reached at least 40.0°C. The highest was 41.8°C at Möckern-Drewitz on June 27.

The count needs a clear boundary: these are 54 verified stations from the earlier extraction. The original scan did not account for every failed download, so it cannot establish that 54 was the complete national total.

Dot chart of 15 selected DWD station peaks, from 41.0°C to 41.8°C. Möckern-Drewitz, Coschen and Bad Muskau have the three highest values.

The 15 highest peaks in the selected set. Equal values are ordered by DWD station ID. Dots show values on the stated scale without implying bar lengths from a zero-temperature baseline. Source: DWD daily KL recent files, rechecked September 13.

What the repeated download confirmed

Möckern-Drewitz, DWD provider station 01052, had the highest value in the selection. Coschen (06170) followed at 41.7°C, and Bad Muskau (03426) at 41.5°C. These are maxima of the provider’s daily maximum-temperature field, TXK, over the three specified dates.

The repeat check downloaded each of the 54 recent daily ZIP files and required a record for June 26, 27 and 28. It compared each station’s largest TXK with the earlier published peak. All 54 matched. The download addresses and file hashes are retained in the verification CSV.

Where those stations were located

Germany map of the selected 54 stations reaching at least 40°C, including clusters in the west and northeast.

Locations of the selected stations with peaks at or above 40°C on June 26–28. An unmarked location is not evidence that it stayed below 40°C: this map contains a selected, incompletely inventoried network.

The map makes the separation between the warm station groups visible. It does not estimate a temperature for the land between them. Stations differ in elevation, surroundings and exposure; those differences are reasons to inspect metadata, not explanations quantified by this analysis.

What would establish a complete count or record?

A complete threshold count needs an inventory of all eligible stations, a successful file or documented exclusion for each one, and a common event window. A national temperature record also needs comparison with the authoritative historical record and the meteorological service’s validation.

This article supplies a reproducible station check. It does not use the 41.8°C value to certify a national record, and it does not turn the 54 matches into a claim of full network coverage. The DWD archive explainer describes how recent files and later quality processing can change an extract.

Open the DWD Explorer to locate a station, then use the station-data guide to inspect or export daily observations. Preserve the five-digit provider ID when downloading: names alone are an unreliable join key.

Conclusion

The 54 verified station peaks at or above 40.0°C document a pronounced, clustered heat episode across eastern and southwestern Germany between 26 and 28 June 2026. Highest values were concentrated in Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and the Upper Rhine plain, led by 41.8°C at Möckern-Drewitz. While open-data archives allow independent verification of these individual gauge reports, a sample of qualifying stations does not represent an exhaustive nationwide census, nor can interim operational downloads substitute for official DWD climatological record certification.

Editor’s note: Data current as of July 2, 2026. All 54 station series and peak dates were rechecked against DWD recent-product archives on September 13, 2026. Station records remain subject to subsequent routine quality control by the national meteorological service.

Data Annex

The 54 verified peaks

All selected peaks, recomputed from the June 26–28 daily records
Station DWD ID Peak TXK (°C) Date
Möckern-Drewitz 01052 41.8 2026-06-27
Coschen 06170 41.7 2026-06-28
Muskau, Bad 03426 41.5 2026-06-28
Seehausen 04642 41.4 2026-06-27
Waghäusel-Kirrlach 05275 41.4 2026-06-27
Saarbrücken-Burbach 06217 41.4 2026-06-27
Genthin 01605 41.3 2026-06-27
Nauheim, Bad 03442 41.3 2026-06-27
Frankfurt/Main-Westend 01424 41.2 2026-06-27
Andernach 00161 41.1 2026-06-27
Frankfurt/Main 01420 41.1 2026-06-27
Schipkau-Klettwitz 02627 41.1 2026-06-28
Trier-Zewen 05099 41.1 2026-06-27
Baruth 00303 41.0 2026-06-28
Kreuznach, Bad 04301 41.0 2026-06-27
Wusterwitz 06265 41.0 2026-06-27
Bernburg/Saale (Nord) 00445 40.9 2026-06-27
Demker 06273 40.9 2026-06-27
Offenbach-Wetterpark 07341 40.9 2026-06-27
Gardelegen 01544 40.8 2026-06-27
Kitzingen 02600 40.8 2026-06-26
Perl-Nennig 03904 40.8 2026-06-27
Cottbus 00880 40.7 2026-06-28
Kahl/Main 02480 40.7 2026-06-27
Manschnow 03158 40.6 2026-06-28
Trier-Petrisberg 05100 40.6 2026-06-27
Lübben-Blumenfelde 03083 40.5 2026-06-28
Rheinstetten 04177 40.5 2026-06-27
Artern 00198 40.4 2026-06-27
Dürkheim, Bad 01072 40.4 2026-06-27
Neuenahr, Bad-Ahrweiler 03490 40.4 2026-06-26
Potsdam 03987 40.4 2026-06-27
Berlin Brandenburg 00427 40.3 2026-06-28
Darmstadt 00917 40.3 2026-06-27
Klitzschen bei Torgau 02641 40.3 2026-06-27
Langenlipsdorf 02856 40.3 2026-06-27
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen 04169 40.3 2026-06-27
Huy-Pabstorf 06266 40.3 2026-06-27
Doberlug-Kirchhain 01001 40.2 2026-06-28
Weilerswist-Lommersum 01327 40.2 2026-06-27
Lüchow 03093 40.2 2026-06-27
Müncheberg 03376 40.2 2026-06-28
Tönisvorst 05064 40.2 2026-06-26
Dresden-Hosterwitz 01050 40.1 2026-06-28
Köthen (Anhalt) 02704 40.1 2026-06-27
Lenzen/Elbe 02951 40.1 2026-06-27
Magdeburg 03126 40.1 2026-06-27
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler 03545 40.1 2026-06-27
Wittenberg 05629 40.1 2026-06-27
Hoyerswerda 07393 40.1 2026-06-28
Lahr 02812 40.0 2026-06-27
Leipzig-Holzhausen 02928 40.0 2026-06-27
Michelstadt 03284 40.0 2026-06-27
Mannheim 05906 40.0 2026-06-27

Metadata for the primary chart

Locations of the 15 stations in the dot chart
Station DWD ID Latitude Longitude Elevation (m)
Möckern-Drewitz 01052 52.2174 12.1641 80
Coschen 06170 52.0192 14.7254 39
Muskau, Bad 03426 51.566 14.7008 127
Seehausen 04642 52.8911 11.7297 22
Waghäusel-Kirrlach 05275 49.2445 8.5374 105
Saarbrücken-Burbach 06217 49.2406 6.9351 190
Genthin 01605 52.3875 12.1602 35
Nauheim, Bad 03442 50.3574 8.7506 149
Frankfurt/Main-Westend 01424 50.1269 8.6694 121
Andernach 00161 50.4237 7.4202 75
Frankfurt/Main 01420 50.0259 8.5213 100
Schipkau-Klettwitz 02627 51.5554 13.8845 128
Trier-Zewen 05099 49.7326 6.6131 132
Baruth 00303 52.0613 13.4997 55
Kreuznach, Bad 04301 49.8502 7.871 102

The full CSV includes locations for all 54 stations, each peak row’s provider quality code, its source URL and the downloaded ZIP’s SHA-256 hash. The DWD ID is the native archive key. No WIGOS mapping is inferred where the retained analysis does not verify one.

The check reads TXK from daily KL files and retains the provider’s date. It reproduces values; it does not replace DWD’s quality control. Recent files may be revised. Equal peaks are ordered by station ID for a stable displayed subset; tied dates use the first maximum found in the file.

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