1/2 the Weather in Germany in Spring 2020 Exceptionally

The weather in Germany in spring 2020 Exceptionally sunny, fairly warm and far too dry Offenbach, 29 May 2020 – As in the previous year, the spring of 2020 was fairly warm. For most of the time, the weather in Germany was dominated by warm air, with just a few short cold snaps. At first, spring 2020 continued the trend of warmer-than-average months, which had started in June 2019 and only ended this May, when the temperature anomaly became slightly negative. Frequent high pressure produced one of the sunniest spring seasons since records began; at the same time, precipitation remained significantly below average. This has been announced by the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) after an initial analysis of the observations from its approximately 2000 measuring stations. Mild March and warmer-than-average April followed by slightly too cool May The average temperature in the spring of 2020 was 9.2 degrees Celsius (°C), 1.5 °C above the average of the international standard reference period 1961–1990. Compared to the warmer 1981–2010 reference period, the deviation was 0.7 °C above normal. Spring began with a mild March, which, however, saw a drop in temperature around the 20th with maximum temperatures often not exceeding single-digit figures. April, too, was significantly too warm, even belonging to the seven warmest April months since measurements began in 1881. May was slightly too cool, despite some stations in the south registering up to seven summer days with temperatures over 25 °C. This spring’s nationwide maximum temperature of 29.4 °C was recorded in Lingen in the Emsland on 21 May. During the ’Ice Saints’ Days’ in mid-May, a period traditionally said to bring cold weather, temperatures in many locations dropped below zero. Many places saw more days with frost in the spring than during the previous winter. The nationwide minimum spring temperature of 12.0 °C was recorded in Deutschneudorf-Brüderwiese in the Ore Mountains. Spring 2020 among the six driest since 1881 For the seventh time in a row, precipitation in spring fell short of the normal of 186 litres per square metre (l/m²). With about 108 l/m², totals only amounted to something more than 50 per cent of the long-term average, making this spring one of the six driest since 1881. Western and eastern parts of Germany were most affected by the prolonged drought. Less than 45 l/m², not even a third of the normal, were recorded in some places in the Thuringian Basin, on the leeward slope of the Harz Mountains and at the coast of Western Pomerania. The nationwide maximum daily precipitation of 77.2 l/m² was registered in Mespelbrunn in the Spessart on 11 May. Overall, the largest amounts of precipitation (up to 320 l/m²) fell along the edges of the Alps and in the southern parts of the Black Forest. 1/2 Sunniest spring since measurements began in 1951, together with 2011 There were about 705 hours of sunshine, about 150 per cent of the long-term average of 467 hours, which makes this spring, together with the spring of 2011, the sunniest since measurements began in 1951. The areas most favoured by the sun, receiving up to 790 hours of sunshine, were spread throughout the whole of Germany. The least sunshine was registered in the extreme south, where some places saw fewer than 580 hours. All the seasonal values stated in this press release are provisional figures. The data used for the last three days of the season are based on forecasts. Some of the measurements from DWD's network of stations were not yet available at the time of publication. 2/2 .

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