New weather records: Warmest winter in Bavaria since 1881 - 13th mild winter in a row nationwide. February in particular was unusually warm with an average of 6.3 degrees and was more reminiscent of April.
On February 16th, the Upper Bavarian city of Rosenheim recorded the highest winter temperature in all of Germany at 18.8 degrees. Peak values of over 250 hours of sunshine were even recorded in the foothills of the Alps, as the DWD reported.