The city-state of Berlin shattered its all-time temperature record on Saturday as a severe heatwave pushed thermometers above 40 degrees across Germany.
The German Weather Service (DWD) said temperatures in the Berlin district of Buch reached 39.8 degrees Celsius, surpassing the capital's previous record of 38.9 degrees set in August 2015.
Elsewhere, Bavaria equalled the state record of 40.8 degrees, measured for a second consecutive day in Kitzingen in the Lower Franconia region.
The western state of Saarland also registered a new high, with temperatures reaching 41.4 degrees in Saarbrücken, edging past the previous record of 41.3 degrees set just a day earlier.
In Baden-Württemberg, a fresh state record was established in Waghäusel-Kirrlach near Karlsruhe, where temperatures climbed to 41.4 degrees, exceeding Friday's mark of 40.6 degrees at the same weather station.
In the north-east, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern recorded a new state high of 39.6 degrees in Anklam.
The DWD said Germany as a whole had set a new national heat record for the second consecutive day, with a preliminary 41.5 degrees recorded in the eastern community of Möckern-Drewitz, surpassing Friday's nationwide high of 41.3 degrees.
All figures are preliminary and subject to revision by the DWD.
