Weather service measures highest temperature of the year so far

Offenbach/Kitzingen. The German Weather Service (DWD) reportedly recorded the highest temperature of the year so far on Saturday. 35.5 degrees Celsius was measured at 3 p.m. in Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, a DWD spokesperson said in the evening. This is a preliminary reading.

"That definitely won't be topped on Sunday," the spokesperson said. "It will stay like this for a few days." According to the DWD, similarly high temperatures will not be reached in the next seven days.

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Only in some places will it be just over 30 degrees Celsius, especially in the southwest.

RND/dpa