May is changeable - and according to current forecasts, it will remain that way until mid-May. With some extreme differences.
- The April 2020 could go down in the history of weather records - the weather * was exceptional.
- The new month of May begins with a mixed start.
- That is the new forecast.
Update from May 3, 2020, 9:20 p.m .: The new week starts all over Germany with changeable weather . Especially in the middle and in the south it will be heavily cloudy with showers and thunderstorms on Monday , the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Sunday. In the north, however, it should rain less and the sun can be seen more often. The maximum values are between 11 and 15 degrees in the north, and between 14 and 22 degrees in the rest of Germany.
Even in the night of Tuesday, it remains cloudy and rainy in the south and east. The temperatures drop to 9 to 0 degrees, occasionally there may be ground frost . On Tuesday it will be mostly sunny and dry, according to the DWD, only in the south and east there can be showers.
The maximum values are between 11 degrees in the northeast and 20 degrees in the southwest. On Wednesday the clouds are forecast to migrate north, otherwise it will mostly remain sunny and dry. The coldest is 14 degrees on the Baltic Sea, the warmest at 22 degrees on the Upper Rhine.
Weather in Germany: Flauer May-Sunday in large parts of the Republic
Update from May 3, 2020, 12.17 p.m .: It is currently not really cozy in Germany. The rain has largely cleared away, but the sun does not come through completely due to the partly dense population .
In Munich at midday there was a cool 12 degrees Celsius on the thermometer, in the north Bremen and Hamburg got similar values.
However, it is somewhat warmer in the west of the Federal Republic. In Cologne it is currently partly cloudy, but the sun comes through, temperatures up to 16 degrees are possible. It is currently the most uncomfortable in parts of eastern Germany. Light rain showers currently ensure 11 degrees in Leipzig and 12 in Magdeburg . In Berlin , it currently has 12 degrees.
A drop in temperature and even the risk of frost: the weather forecast for the first half of May is extremely changeable
3:50 p.m .: May starts changing, but according to wetter.com, a new high should be noticeable from the middle of next week. It will then become sunnier and warmer, promises meteorologist Corinna Borau . At the weekend there would even be 24 degrees in the south. Her colleague Paul Heger adds in another video: 30 degrees are "off the table", that is a "clear statement". Much worse: There should be a drop in temperature from Sunday .
The ice saints then announce themselves punctually from May 11th. Heger then only sees a range of 10 to 15 degrees during the day. For the coming week, he already recognizes a risk of frost in the north and in the middle of Germany at night. But all of this is still linked to "uncertainty factors". At the moment there is no “model security” for the week after next and beyond, ”says Heger.
Gloomy weather in Germany - but after that the trend turns
Update May 2, 2020, 9.29 a.m .: A lot of rain, a lot of wind, cool temperatures: Low "Zlatina" ensures a rainy start to May. According to the forecast of the German Weather Service (DWD) from Friday, it will remain common until Sunday at temperatures of a maximum of 11 to 18 degrees. Only on the Upper Rhine is it with sun support on Sunday up to 20 degrees.
According to the DWD , it will usually be rainy on Saturday, individual thunderstorms are also possible. The sun also shines over the middle of Germany. The maximum values reach between 10 and 17 degrees depending on the sunshine. The wind blows gusty, in the south storms are also possible with thunderstorms.
German weather service with clear warning of storm gusts on May 1st
Update from May 1, 6:33 am: The German Weather Service today warns of wind gusts of up to 60 km / h for almost all of Germany. The reason is cool sea air that flows from the west to Germany.
In isolated cases, gusts of up to 85 km / h in connection with thunderstorms are not excluded.
Overall, early summer is over. The air cools down significantly. It gets wet and cold. During the night on Saturday, the temperatures can drop to 3 degrees, especially in the mountains. Maximum temperatures at night are around 9 degrees.
In the southeast, however, it can get warm again on Friday (May 1) before the cool air flow arrives in the evening.
Update from April 30th, 11:51 am : The Atlantic deep " Zlatina " is slowly shifting its center from the British Isles further across the North Sea towards Scandinavia. The consequences: From the west, cooler sea air will move to Germany in the next few days . According to the German Weather Service (DWD), this westerly weather situation sometimes causes strong thunderstorms with downpours . In addition, the wind freshens up. In exposed mountain locations, such as in the Black Forest, heavy gusts of wind (up to 100 km / h) are expected on Thursday afternoon, the DWD warns.
Rain, showers and thunderstorms - the changeable classic April weather plus the gusty wind remain in the first days of May. The rain is a blessing for nature. However, the amounts of rain are distributed quite differently. The south and the north get the most - up to 50 liters per square meter. In the east, it is probably up to 10 liters per square meter, according to the weather.com weather portal . It therefore remains rather dry along the Rhine. The temperatures are cooling down. The outlook for the weekend is classic April weather. The weather calmed down on Sunday. A trend is emerging for the next week, the weather portal Kachelmannwetter tweets : namely dry weather.
The new trends are there - next week mostly dry weather is looming again.
Enter location here, then trend below: https: //t.co/JOi8wjOQTV / FR pic.twitter.com/6IkzkDexo3
Weather in Germany: finally rain!
Update from April 29, 8:09 am : Abundant rain has weighed low "Yve" above all Bavaria. In some regions in Upper Bavaria - for example in Holzkirchen, 30 liters fell in just one hour, reports the weather portal wetteronline.de . The snowfall limit in the Alps drops to below 1800 meters on Wednesday.
Finally, rain! - many are happy. Because, April 2020 could go down as one of the driest in German weather history , reports the German Weather Service (DWD). And this "April summer" could be followed by a "corn summer", fears meteorologist Dominik Jung from the Q.met weather service.
Even if the last days of April are a bit damp, unusual values are announced after the first weekend in May . Maximum values of up to 32 degrees are possible from Monday to Wednesday next week, the weather expert says. That would be unusually high values for the beginning of May.
Weather in Germany - After drought city wants to act against rain collectors
Update from April 28, 9:23 p.m .: The thunderstorm long-awaited in the drought has led to flooding in some places. For example, some cellars and an underpass were flooded in the Bavarian town of Otterfing.
In Aschaffenburg (Bavaria), however, the cool water was welcomed. The city announced that anyone who had to impound unauthorized water drainage, as Merkur.de * reports, would face a fine. In Aschaffenburg, the groundwater level in the region is currently very low - and continues to decrease.
Weather in Germany: The south is bubbling - thunderstorms are heading for Germany
Update from April 28 : It starts! Atlantic lows are shaking up the weather kitchen in Germany. The first foothills come from the west and southwest. The fair weather high "Odilo" crumbles. In southern Bavaria, the German Weather Service (DWD) warns of violent thunderstorms with gusts of wind (up to 70 km / h) and heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon . Up to 20 liters of rain can patter from the sky in a short time. It can rain up to 30 liters per square meter locally within six hours, the DWD weather experts warn. An almost dramatic start, because the last week of April continues very changeably and changeably. That means dense clouds, sunshine or individual showers as well as individual thunderstorms. Where it rains, it is of course a little cooler.
Has the weeks of drought in Germany now come to an end? The humid air from the Atlantic occasionally rains or at least a few rain showers, but for most areas there is no extensive rain, according to the weather portal wetterkanal.kachelmannwetter.com. It is often drier again on Wednesdays, especially in the western half.
The prospects for the first weekend in May are wet, volatile and stormy (see below). According to various weather experts, it is not yet possible to say whether Germany will experience a drought like the one in 2019. But in some parts of Germany the rain is "a drop in the ocean" in the next few days, tweets the DWD.
The graph shows the total precipitation until Sunday morning. From today's perspective, the most precipitation is expected at the edge of the Alps. Again the rain from the east of Thuringia via Saxony to the southeast of Brandenburg remains a drop in the ocean! / V pic.twitter.com/drQA9vXJnA
- DWD (@DWD_presse) April 28, 2020But after the weekend, some services ( weather online or iPhone weather ) report hammer temperatures around 30 degrees again and again. However, these predictions are not really consistent.
April 2020 has been very dry so far. It hardly rained in Germany until April 27th.
© dpa / Sebastian Gollnow
Weather in Germany: something is brewing - "The situation is changing fundamentally"
First report from April 27: Munich - Those who dig in the garden these days encounter nothing but hard, dry earth - it hasn't rained for far too long. Strong sunshine, dry floors and little wind * even created so-called dust devils in many places : dirt that swirls in the air and can even lift chairs.
NRW: dust devil on the doorstep!
In Emmerich on the Lower Rhine, a dust devil moved along a street on Saturday and then disappeared without a trace ...
This is how dust devils emerge: https://t.co/fGNw1cbMJ6 #Weather #Staubsteufel #Emmerich #Rhein #NRW #NaturePhotography pic.twitter. com / 20sEn7pXIN
But farmers and hobby gardeners can breathe a sigh of relief: Already on Monday afternoon there will be some rain showers in Bavaria . And from Tuesday it will be over for everyone with pure sunshine , the German Weather Service tweets:
Spreads a lot of #sunshine again on Monday. In the southeast of Bavaria, initially a few rain showers that retreat to the Alps. Occasionally there are no thunderstorms in the afternoon.
From tomorrow #Tuesday it will be more volatile for everyone! pic.twitter.com/EUxvM5ELo2
What comes after that, hobby gardeners and sun worshipers can expect mixed feelings.
Weather in Germany: May 1st will be uncomfortable
"The weather is changing fundamentally," predicts wetteronline.de for the last days of April on Wednesday and Thursday. We are expecting rain at 11 to 18 degrees - so much that enough will be received in most gardens. Only for some regions in the north could it pour less than 5 liters per square meter from the sky - far too little for the dried out soils.
The fact that May 1st brings rain and only 9 to 17 degrees should make a lot of plans for family trips planned. It is questionable whether the bike tours can be rescheduled on Saturday and Sunday : Even then, the rain will determine the days.
Weather in Germany: summer approaching?
At least on Monday and Tuesday, however, the sun worshipers gain the upper hand again. The temperatures rise to 25 degrees, locally scratching the 25 degrees mark. But be careful: heat storms are possible!
Will this continue and can we look forward to summer in May ? According to wetteronline.de, this is still completely in the stars: more lows could bring long-lasting rain, but the air pressure may also rise and bring a new high .
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* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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