"Germany’s DWD reverses, annuls Lingen’s July 25, 2019 all-time 42.6°C record high temperature.
... Media berserk over all-time record high
... the Lingen-Germany station, located in northwest Germany near the Dutch border, smashed the country’s all-time record high as the ‘mercury’ rose to a scorching 42.6°C.
...The previous all-time had been a comparatively cool 40.3°C. ...
... The record-setting station station was located right near a DWD office building, shielded from the wind by grown trees and situated in a depression in the ground that trapped air and prevented it from mixing:
... According to Uwe Kirsche, DWD spokesman and public relations head:
“We have re-examined the temperature data from Lingen for half a year – also using parallel measurements – and other older readings in this regard.
The results are clear: Since 2017 temperatures in the surrounding area occurred again and again that were not representative of the region. That was the case on July 25, 2019.
For this reason the German record value of 42.6°C measured in Lingen has been removed from the climate archives.” "