Not a cloud in the sky and temperatures that motivate every employee with an air-conditioned office to work overtime - Germany is groaning under a new summer wave.
For once, one that wasn't caused by viruses.
But just as the interpretation of the pandemic has divided the country, so is the interpretation of the heat waves: is it normal for almost 40 degrees to be reached in Germany in summer, or are these symptoms of climate change, which we are increasingly seeing have to get used to for better or for worse?
There is a lot of discussion about the relationship between weather and climate.
However, climate researchers agree on this: the available evidence clearly indicates that the occurrence of heat waves in western Europe has intensified and will intensify further.
This has been described in numerous studies, as have the underlying mechanisms.
Air and sea currents play an important role here, and their behavior is being changed by climate change.
This reinforces the effect of the generally rising temperatures.
Europe is therefore a special heat wave hotspot - and much more severely affected than other northern mid-latitude regions, the climate researchers warn.
So we probably have to get used to high temperatures.
What that means for the individual is relatively clear: drink a lot, exert little, pay attention to health warning signs.
Society as a whole has the more difficult task to master in comparison.
A statement from the federal government this week made the extent of this clear: The flash floods and floods of 2021 and the exceptional heat and drought of the summers of 2018 and 2019 caused damage totaling more than 80 billion euros in Germany, it says.
Another five billion came from storm and hail damage.
An alarm signal for more crisis prevention - everyone should agree on that.