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Snow statistics for Munich: Christmas used to be so white - and this is how it will be this year

2020-12-02T21:58:37.347Z


The weather in Munich is currently giving rise to hope for a white Christmas. What are the odds? A look at the chronicle - and particularly memorable years.


The weather in Munich is currently giving rise to hope for a white Christmas.

What are the odds?

A look at the chronicle - and particularly memorable years.

  • The prelude to December brings

    a white splendor

    for

    Munich *

    : the city wraps itself in white.

  • What are the prospects that we

    will experience a

    white Christmas

    again this year

    ?

  • Statistically, it should

    be

    so far

    in

    2020

    .

    We look at

    weather capers of

    the past.

Munich - And suddenly there it was, the first snow this

winter

.

While the meadows and trees glistened winterly in the English Garden and on the Isar, drivers were not very enthusiastic about the white splendor on Tuesday morning.

Traffic came to a standstill.

Because the

onset

of

winter

caught some people

cold: Some drivers still drove on the slippery roads with summer tires.

Occasionally there were disabilities in the city.

However, the police in Munich did not register any major accidents until noon.

The clearance service was in constant use from the start, and around noon the situation relaxed significantly.

According to the German Weather Service (DWD), it should continue in a less wintry way.

The weather in Munich calms down, it remains mostly dry.

Munich: White Christmas in 2020?

It's about time again

But what are the prospects for Christmas and New Year's this year?

An exact meteorological forecast for the weather at Christmas cannot yet be made.

But: Statistically speaking, it would be time for a white Christmas again - all over Germany.

According to statistics, there is a nationwide white Christmas every ten years, the last time was in 2010, says graduate meteorologist Dominik Jung from the

wetter.net

portal

.

And it looks good: "There are currently no temperature rises in sight."

Even if the

Christmas thaw

still comes - white New Year's Eve does not rule it out: “The chances of snow on New Year's are even better!” As the

DWD chronicle

shows, since 1954 the people of Munich have experienced practically everything on Christmas and New Year's Eve - from Sunbathing in the courtyard garden to snow chaos at the airport.

Munich: Memorable Christmas capricious weather in the past

  • Heat record:

    December 24,

    2012

    has been entered in the DWD's archives as the warmest Christmas Eve ever in Munich: cocktails in the courtyard garden instead of mulled wine in front of the fireplace.

  • Flight chaos:

    December 30,

    2014

    : Tractors with snow plows fight against the white splendor on the tarmac at the airport.

    The snow cover had grown to 30 cm overnight.

    45 take-offs and landings were canceled.

  • Snow roller:

    Unimaginable today - in December

    1969

    you could do your Christmas shopping at Stachus on cross-country skis.

    That was just before Christmas Eve.

    A good choice because it was the fastest way from the train station to Marienplatz.

    The snow depth at that time: 30 centimeters suitable for winter sports.

+

The sporty gentleman in the foreground does his Christmas shopping at Stachus on cross-country skis.

That was just before Christmas Eve 1969.

© Gebhardt

Munich is the traffic jam capital in Germany.

To remedy this, the Munich CSU now wants to support a spectacular proposal.

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Source: merkur

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