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DWD: Warmest September since measurements began in 1881
According to the preliminary DWD balance, September 2023 was also the second sunniest since records began. photo
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We are in the midst of climate change, says the German Weather Service. Evidence of this is “the exceptional temperatures in this year’s record September in Germany”.
The temperature in September was 3.9 degrees above the value of the internationally valid reference period 1961 to 1990. Compared to the current and warmer comparison period 1991 to 2020, the deviation was 3.4 degrees. This significantly exceeded the previous records from September 2006 and 2016, which were 16.9 degrees each.
Many summer days with more than 25 degrees
According to the preliminary balance, September 2023 was also the second sunniest since records began. At the same time, it was “significantly too dry,” as the DWD reported after initial evaluations of the results of its around 2,000 measuring stations.
“The extraordinary temperatures in this year’s record September in Germany are further evidence that we are in the midst of climate change,” said Tobias Fuchs, head of the climate and environment division at the DWD.
The decisive factor for the record were many summer days with temperatures of more than 25 degrees. On the northern edge of the low mountain ranges, such as in Barsinghausen-Hohenbostel southwest of Hanover and in Huy-Pabstorf west of Magdeburg, the 30 degree mark was broken for the first time in seven days. In Waghäusel-Kirrlach on the Upper Rhine Graben it was also the hottest on September 12th at 33.3 degrees.
As a “refreshing contrast program”, according to the DWD, Deutschneudorf-Brüderwiese (Erzgebirge) and Oberstdorf (Allgäu) marked the nationwide low points on September 25th with 0.9 degrees each.