Temperatures like in summer
Germany cracks the 30 degree mark
April 6, 2024, 9:36 p.m
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It’s spring – but temperatures in Germany are already climbing over 30 degrees. But the record from 2012 does not fall. Summer weather can also be expected in the coming days.
Summer days in the middle of spring: temperatures that are unusually high for the beginning of April have reached Germany. According to figures from ntv meteorologists, there was even a heat record for the first ten days of April since weather records began. In Ohlsbach in the Rhine Valley, 30.1 degrees were measured. In Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg 29.9 degrees and in Mühlacker near Pforzheim 29.8 degrees. So far the record for the monthly decade (April 1st to April 11th) was 27.7 degrees, measured in 2011.
In many places today it looked like a completely normal summer day: diehards jumped into the still cool lakes, people were out on their (motor) bikes or hiking. Pedal boats sailed across lakes and people flew kites on the coast. Ice cream parlors sold scoop after scoop.
In contrast, things remained seasonal in Bonn: the cherries there are in full bloom, which attracted many people to the avenues to take photos. In the Eifel, hikers could marvel at the blossoms of wild daffodils. This only happens in spring.
Just like a short hello to midsummer in April is nothing unique: the current monthly high was registered on April 28, 2012: it was 32.9 degrees that day in Bad Mergentheim (Baden-Württemberg) and Kitzingen (Bavaria). And between 2009 and 2022, according to the ntv weather experts, there was always at least one summer day in April with more than 25 degrees in Germany.
Germany will continue to experience warm air in the coming days. 18 to 29 degrees are possible, in the south it could even reach 31 degrees locally. On Monday it will continue like this in many parts: a maximum of 24 to 29 degrees is expected, in the northwest half 15 to 23 degrees.
Various factors play a role in the current weather situation: an Atlantic that is too warm, coupled with a current from the southwest, which is further strengthened by a hurricane low west of Ireland. In addition, there is the expected sunny weather, according to the meteorologists.