High temperatures have made many people in large parts of Germany sweat and driven them to the outdoor pool.

On the website of the German Weather Service (DWD) on Saturday there was a warning about heat in a strip from Saarbrücken to the eastern border of Brandenburg and Saxony.

A UV warning has been issued across the board apart from the north.

The meteorologists spoke of "hot North African air" reaching us.

While it will be sunny and hot in the south, the weather in the north will be clear to cloudy.

According to the forecast, the thermometer at the sea shows values ​​​​of 19 to 23 degrees, otherwise it is 27 to 35, and in the southwest on Saturday even locally up to 38 degrees.

This could make Saturday the hottest day of the year so far in some places.

Full trains towards the Baltic Sea

The weather attracted many to the coasts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The railway reported full trains towards the Baltic Sea.

The nine-euro ticket is popular, and the regional trains in the tourist regions are particularly busy, a spokesman said.

The country on the Baltic Sea is ideal for people who are sensitive to heat: In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it is very bearable at 22 to 25 degrees, as meteorologist Stefan Kreibohm from the Hiddensee weather studio said.

In Brandenburg, the DWD also expected maximum values ​​of between 33 and 36 degrees in the south of the country and in Berlin.

Heavy thunderstorms are possible in places on Sunday night.

The danger of forest fires due to the persistent drought is great.

With sweltering heat and temperatures of up to around 35 degrees, Saxony-Anhalt could experience the hottest June 18th since weather records began.

In Bavaria, the DWD advised "cool drinks and shade" at maximum temperatures of around 37 degrees.

In Lower Franconia in particular, temperatures could rise to local record values ​​for June, said a DWD spokesman.

The situation in Baden-Württemberg also spoke for a trip to the swimming pool: temperatures of up to 37 degrees from the Kurpfalz to Breisgau predicted the DWD for Saturday.

It was also a sunny and "hot to very hot" Saturday in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The DWD reported in the morning that the maximum temperature should rise to 31 to 34 degrees throughout the day.

Around 36 degrees can be expected locally in the Bay of Cologne.

Outdoor pools experienced a rush: An employee of the Agrippabad in Cologne said that around twice as many e-tickets as usual in this period had already been sold at noon.

In the Langenfeld outdoor pool near Düsseldorf, ticket sales at the ticket machines even had to be stopped on Saturday afternoon.

Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach warned to pay attention to older people.

The SPD politician wrote on Twitter: “Please make sure that older people in particular are drinking enough today.

They often feel less thirsty than is good for their bodies.

Heat and lack of fluids can be deadly for the elderly.

Today we are asked to also pay attention to the elderly and disabled.” The Robert Koch Institute also spoke of the heat as a health risk.