Summer temperatures are followed by strong, sometimes severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail. The German Weather Service warns of severe storms.
Update from May 23, 22:38 p.m.: In the meantime, the weather has calmed down almost throughout Germany. According to the DWD, there are only squalls on the North Frisian coast, and gusts of wind must be expected on the entire North Sea coast.
Update from May 23, 14:20 p.m.: Once again, the German Weather Service is now raising the warning level for parts of Bavaria: Between Bad Tölz, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Weilheim and Marktoberdorf, there is now DWD warning level three. This is accompanied by the "official severe weather warning of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail". In the entire southern Alpine region as well as east of Passau, warning level two applies, here threatens "strong thunderstorms", it says. The warnings are currently valid until 15 p.m., but are updated continuously.
South also affected: Storm front returns to some regions – basement flooded, streets flooded
Update from 23 May, 10.48 a.m.: According to the current forecast of the DWD, squalls must be expected on the North Sea coast until at least 17 p.m.: Squalls with speeds of around 70 km/h (20 m/s, 38 kn, Bft 8) will occur from the northwest. In the vicinity of showers and in exposed locations, gusts of around 80 km/h (22 m/s, 44 kn, Bft 9) must be expected, according to the DWD.
In the very south of Germany, there is also a level 2 warning: Here, the district of Berchtesgadener Land must expect severe thunderstorms until 11.30 a.m. Thunderstorms will continue to develop from the northwest. There will be heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 15 l/m² per hour as well as gusts of wind with speeds of up to 60 km/h (17 m/s, 33 kn, Bft 7).
In western Germany, streets were already flooded, basements were full. According to initial information from the police and fire brigade, no people were injured.
The German Weather Service warns of severe storms (symbolic image) © Maximilian Koch/ Imago
Warnings for Tuesday: Squalls on the North Sea coast, severe weather in the south
Update from May 23, 7:01 a.m.: The first early summer temperatures of the year promptly brought with them some violent thunderstorms. By Monday evening (22 May), the situation had calmed down in many places. But in the south, thunderstorms are also to be expected on Tuesday (23 May).
According to the forecast of the German Weather Service (DWD), there could be strong thunderstorms in the Alpine region. Also in Saxony and around Berlin there can be occasional lightning and thunder. Meanwhile, the DWD warns of squalls on the North Sea coast.
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By the evening at the latest, the thunderstorms are expected to subside and bring much cooler air with them.
Official weather warning: Start of the week brings "locally heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain"
Update from May 22, 22:55 p.m.: In the meantime, the situation has calmed down nationwide, the DWD severe weather warnings have been lifted.
Update from May 22, 20:13 p.m.: The DWD's severe weather warning for many regions in Germany has not yet been lifted. Currently, this applies "from the north and northwest to the center and from Saarland via the Swabian Alb to the southwest of Bavaria". There, "widespread strong thunderstorms" as well as "locally severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail" can occur. Storms are therefore also to be expected in the Bavarian Forest, the Upper Black Forest is experiencing locally strong thunderstorms.
Update from May 22, 17:32 p.m.: The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued a severe weather warning. Accordingly, there are currently "severe thunderstorms (severe weather and extreme thunderstorms) in places as well as strong thunderstorms in the north, center, west and south," it says. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the highest warning level 4 (purple) is currently declared on the border with Lower Saxony and in parts of the Ruhr area. The same applies to southern Rhineland-Palatinate near Kaiserslautern and Baden-Württemberg around Heidenheim.
According to the DWD (as of 18:17 p.m.), extreme storms (warning level 32, purple) can occur in 4 districts:
- North Rhine-Westphalia: District of Lippe, District of Minden-Lübbecke, District of Herford, District of Unna, District of Soest, Märkischer Kreis, Hochsauerlandkreis District of Olpe
- Lower Saxony: District of Schaumburg
- Rhineland-Palatinate: Donnersbergkreis, Bad Dürkheim district, Kaiserslautern district, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Landau in der Pfalz, southern Weinstraße district, Südwestpfalz district and Pirmasens
- Baden-Württemberg: Kreis Göppingen, Kreis Heidenheim
According to the DWD forecast (as of 38.17 p.m.), another 32 districts are threatened with severe storms (warning level 3, red):
- North Rhine-Westphalia: District of Siegen-Wittgenstein, District of Warendorf, City of Dortmund
- Hesse: Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Kassel district, Schwalm-Eder district, Main-Kinzing district, Wetterau district, Hochtaunus district, Main-Taunus district, Rheingau-Taunus district, city of Wiesbaden
- Thuringia: Ilm-Kreis, Kreis Weimarer Land
- Rhineland-Palatinate: Bad Dürkheim district, Bad Kreuznach district, Alzey-Worms district, Donnersberg district, Südliche Weinstraße district, Mainz-Bingen district and city of Mainz, Rhein-Hunsrück district, Cochem-Zell district, Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Birkenfeld district, Germersheim district
- Saarland: Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Kreis Neunkirchen, Saarpflaz-Kreis
- Baden-Württemberg: Rottweil district, Tuttlingen district, Reutlingen district, Schwarzwald-Baar district, Zollernalb district, Esslingen district
- Bavaria: District of Dillingen a.d. Donau, District and City of Munich, District of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, District of Miesbach
Weather in Germany: Heavy rain, hail and even tornadoes – storm front on the way
First reported on May 22, 15:58 p.m.: Munich – While on Sunday (21 May) you could still enjoy the wonderful summer weather with highs of up to 29 degrees, the German Weather Service (DWD) is already warning of stormy gusts and widespread thunderstorms with heavy rain. It will be similarly warm on Monday, but in the afternoon there will be heavy thunderstorms. This is reported by the weather portal wetter.net. Accordingly, these are particularly strong from the North Sea to the Black Forest. The weather conditions at the beginning of the year were already turbulent and at the beginning of May, severe thunderstorms and storms in Germany caused a lot of chaos on the roads.
"It's going to be a tough thing to do today in the West and North. Especially in the northwest, there is a threat of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and squalls in the afternoon. Even the formation of tornadoes cannot be ruled out," warns meteorologist Dominik Jung, managing director of the weather service Q.met, to wetter.net. "The maximum values also crash again after that. Today it will be up to 28 or 29 degrees and muggy, tomorrow a maximum of 19 or 20 degrees and a lot of wind and a few showers at the beginning," Jung continued. An overview of what the weather will be like in the coming days below.
The German Weather Service warns of severe storms (symbolic image) © Andreas Rosar/ dpa
Storm over Germany until the middle of the week – Pentecost beautiful and summery again
According to the German Weather Service DWD, there will initially be stormy gusts and thunderstorms with heavy rain on the North Sea. On Tuesday, showers and thunderstorms are also forecast in the north and southeast. In the south, there is even a risk of larger hail accumulations. After the middle of the week, however, the weather situation is expected to calm down somewhat and increasingly shift to the Alps and weaken. According to the DWD, there is a low probability of thunderstorms until Friday.
According to the weather expert, there will even be reason to rejoice again from Wednesday. Because: "From Wednesday the sun will often shine again and so it goes into the long Pentecost weekend. Lots of sunshine from Friday to Whit Monday and especially on Sunday and Monday it gets up to 26 or 27 degrees," says Jung. An Italian seaside resort is already preparing for a tourist rush at Pentecost. Other cities in Italy have even already set up red zones to protect their cities from the onslaught of holidaymakers.
Severe weather in Germany: Weather forecast for the coming week
If there is still a threat of severe thunderstorms and storms in parts of Germany today and tomorrow, Wednesday will allow us to breathe a sigh of relief again. Here's what it looks like in the coming days:
- Monday, May 22: Mix of sun and clouds, especially in the west thunderstorms and thunderstorms, 23 to 29 degrees
- Tuesday, 23 May: Alternating sun and clouds. In the east more showers and thunderstorms, 13 to 21 degrees
- Wednesday, 24 May: Mix of sunshine and clouds, hardly any showers, windy, 15 to 19 degrees
- Thursday, May 25: Often friendly with a mix of sun and clouds, dry, 16 to 21 degrees
- Friday, 26 May: Pleasant start to the long weekend with lots of sunshine and a few clouds, 16 to 24 degrees
- Saturday, May 27: Mostly friendly, with sunshine and dry, 18 to 24 degrees
- Pentecost Sunday, May 28: Warm and dry in summer, 19 to 25 degrees Celsius
- Whit Monday, 29 May: Lots of sun, short thunderstorms possible later in the east, 20 to 27 degrees
- Source: wetter.net
Those who have planned excursions and hikes over Pentecost will be rewarded with sometimes humid weather. In general, it looks like very warm weather until the beginning of June. Again and again, the maximum temperatures of 25 to 31 or 32 degrees should be reached. According to weather experts, the 30 degree mark should even be reached more frequently at the turn of the month.
According to an evaluation by Skyscanner, travelers are drawn to the USA over Pentecost this year. (Vivian Werg)