15 or 10 degrees. on wednesday germany recorded highest temperature since records began 40.5 degrees celsius in the west of the country it breaks the previous record of 40.3 cents in 2015 i mean this is the 3rd time this decade we've had 40 degree heat in germany and the gaps are getting smaller this extreme heat is definitely due to climate change. and it's the 2nd time this summer that europe has begun didn't record temperatures the advice is to stay hydrated and do whatever you can to keep cool. we're. well here in germany the descendants of the last german emperor kaiser wilhelm the 2nd are trying to get back hundreds of the sessions of the family lost a century ago when the last kaiser abdicated at the end of the 1st world war his