Weather in Germany: The long-term forecast predicts a warm early summer after snowfall in May - then an extreme summer will probably follow.
- The weather * is said to go crazy in May.
- Instead of a blissful month, experts even expect snow * .
- Because it falls on the ice saints, the weather could blow capers all year round.
Munich - The next few days will lure us outdoors with sunshine and temperatures up to 27 degrees in southern Germany. The north of the country has to adjust to maximum temperatures of 17 degrees - but nowhere does precipitation spoil the happy month of May.
The U-turn - away from summer feelings, back towards winter - then follows on Mother's Day of all things. The first storms can discharge on Saturday evening, but it gets really uncomfortable on Sunday with cold temperatures and wind * , as wetter.de reports. And the Ice Saints begin on Monday.
Warm spring weather with maximum values of up to 25 degrees predominates until the weekend. Then a cold front with thunderstorms causes the temperatures to plummet. Even snow is possible. https://t.co/vBwEnPGGXn#Wetter #Schnee #Mai #Eisheiligen
- wetteronline.de (@WetterOnline) May 7, 2020Long-term forecast for the weather in Germany: ice saints separate winter and summer
Monday to Friday (May 11th to 15th) will be marked by Mamertus, Pankratius, Servatius, Bonifatius and Sophie. In old farmers' calendars: Before these days in mid-May , nothing should be sown - because frosts can now destroy everything again. The good news from the people knowledge: Are survived this day, threaten w eder snow or ice .
This coincides with the predictions for this year : As wetter.de continues to write, it will actually be uncomfortable next week. Especially in the night of Tuesday, the snow in southern Germany can even reach the lowlands. But from the middle of the week, the temperatures climb to 20 degrees and more. Wetteronline calculates until at least 21.5. then no longer with rainfall.
Weather in Germany: It will be like this from the end of May
If you follow the rules of the farmers' calendar, then from the end of May to the end of June, we mainly have warm days, interrupted by occasional foggy days. Only in the following period until mid-July should it be changeable with rain and sun.
According to wetter.com, however, the temperatures should already be 0.5 to 1 degree above the average. And this despite the fact that cold days - the so-called sheep cold - are looming before the start of summer on June 20.
Weather in Germany: Summer is hot and dry
Summer heat: The temperatures can always climb over 40 degrees in summer
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We have to adjust to an extreme weather situation afterwards - because the statements from the farmers' calendar and the weather experts of our day coincide. Summer 2020 could bring us temperatures beyond 40 degrees several times - especially in the so-called dog days between July 23 and August 23 - making 2020 the second warmest year since weather records started. Weather experts are particularly worried about northern Germany. There could be far too little rainfall here.
A look at wetter.com's temperature table shows how strongly summer now deviates from the calendar mean : While the average temperature was 16.3 degrees between 1961 and 1990, it was already 19.2 degrees in summer 2019 - and that should be in 2020 still to be surpassed.
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