Weather in Germany: Will spring 2020 be overshadowed by a rare weather phenomenon?

Weather in Germany: Experts speak of a rare weather phenomenon regarding March and the upcoming spring. Are we really expecting another extreme winter?

• The balance for the winter 2019/2020 is terrifying - a total failure.
• Forecasts for spring 2020 show a shocking weather trend.
• Weather experts are alarmed.

Weather forecast spring 2020 - what is behind the March winter phenomenon

Update from February 19, 2020 : After the first weather models, an extreme forecast is emerging for spring 2020 . The month of March will therefore be 2 to 3 degrees too warm, reports meteorologist Dominik Jung from the Q.met weather service .

But maybe we have a winter in March ? This late cold snap with snow and sub-zero temperatures in mid-March is called a so-called meteorological singularity . This is how meteorology describes strange weather conditions that can occur in Central Europe at certain times of the year. In addition to the March winter , the ice saints and Indian summer are among others .

Such a onset of winter occurred on March 16, 2013, reports the weather portal weather.com . At that time minus 21.3 degrees were measured in the Ore Mountains - a cold record. And with that, the weather portal brings the topic of March winter 2020 into play in a video contribution. The moderator admits that this cannot currently be said reliably. In addition, weather models would currently expect a very warm March. "A later onset of winter is very unlikely, but not impossible."

However, the weather situation would have to change. Flowing polar air from the north to Europe. The polar vortex is currently extremely stable.

This is how spring 2020 will be - weather forecasts

Weather news, first report from February 13, 2020

Munich - The weather in Germany has hardly been boring in the past few months. Hurricane gusts, sleet and black ice - then T-shirt weather again. The first storm lows swept across the country in February and caused chaos. The whole thing was hardly so consistently wintry, although in some parts of Germany heavy snow fell from time to time and it was quite frosty at night.

Weather trend 2020: spring forecast - is now a March winter coming?

To date , February in Germany is 4.2 degrees warmer than the long-term climate mean from 1961 to 1990, Dominik Jung, meteorologist from Q.met weather service, told the weather portal wetter.net. No surprise, actually. Already in summer 2019, the US weather service NOAA (American Weather and Ocean Authority) had announced a lot of rain and mild temperatures for the winter 2019/20. In this case, the weather forecasts were confirmed despite such a long lead time. Jung believes that long-term weather forecasts are getting better and better.

And February 2020 stays warm. According to the meteorologist Jung, the month should be 3 to 4 degrees too warm in Germany, and even 5 degrees too warm in Northern and Eastern Europe. Winter 2020 was a total failure.

Weather expert Jörg Kachelmann is currently less concerned about the warm temperatures but is annoyed by a posting by Steffen Seibert. The government spokesman speaks about the air quality in cities - and brings Kachelmann to the palm with a statement.

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Weather in Germany - this is how spring 2020 will be

• Meteorological spring 2020 is on March 1st. Weather experts always divide the four seasons into three full months. Spring includes March , April and May . This makes it easier to compare data.
• Calendar (astronomical) spring beginning 2020 is on March 20th. This is determined by the position of the sun. This is when the sun is vertical over the equator. Day and night are the same length on this day.
  

Those who still hoped for snow * in March must now be very brave or drive high into the mountains. It doesn't look like winter at all. In spring 2020, it should also be significantly warmer. The first forecasts for March, April and May are now condensing.

"Overall, the weather trends see a very warm spring coming," says weather expert Dominik Jung. “It wouldn't be surprising if we hit the 25 degree summer mark for the first time in March. Will the 30-degree mark even fall in April ? ”There are many signs of extreme weather for summer 2020 *.

We have to wait and see whether this actually happens. The weather experts pay particular attention to one factor: precipitation *. Will another drought summer begin? January 2020 was too dry, but in some parts of Germany it rained heavily in early February. The weather in February continues to roller coaster - the ups and downs of the temperatures continue.

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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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