Overview

• Forecast models predict daytime highs of 35–40°C nationwide between July 9 and mid-July, with isolated peaks to 43°C in southern and southwestern Germany.
• Tropical nights with minimums above 20°C are expected to intensify strain on urban infrastructure and vulnerable populations.
• Prolonged high pressure is blocking Atlantic rain fronts, deepening drought and elevating forest fire warnings across Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria.
• Meteorological forecasts diverge on eastern heat penetration as a compensating low over Poland may shield some eastern states from the worst temperatures.
• An international study finds the recent late-June European heatwave caused around 2,300 deaths in 12 cities, of which roughly 1,500 are attributable to human-induced warming.