Over 50 hot days in Saarland for this summer

It was a summer of records. Not only that, new highs were constantly being measured in the Saarland. The number of officially measured heat days with more than 30°C is also climbing to new heights. At all Saarland weather stations of the German Weather Service (DWD), a new record was set this year for the number of heat days.

This was announced by the ARD Weather Competence Centre. Every day with 30°C or more counts as a heat day. The leader is Saarbrücken-Burbach with 56 heat days, followed by Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler with 53 days and Perl-Nennig with 51 days. Even in Tholey, it was enough for 33 days of heat.

Burbach held the previous record with 44 heat days in 2022. Rheinfelden in Baden-Württemberg is the Germany-wide leader in this year's heat days with 67 heat days. The Saarland weather of 17.09.2026 also reported on this topic. More on weather and climate On Tuesday, Environment Minister Berg and the German Weather Service presented the first Saarland climate report.

This examines the concrete impact of climate change in the Saarland. According to the German Weather Service, this summer in Saarland was probably the warmest since 1881. Although it has rained several times in the past few days, it has sometimes rained heavily: August, like June and July, was much too dry in Saarland. There is no improvement in sight.

Smaller quantities and, if necessary, reductions in quality are expected by farmers in Saarland for this year's grain harvest. However, the Saar farmers only hope for rain to a limited extent, because it also complicates the grain harvest. First published: 17.09.2026 | 20:44