Autumn too warm in Lower Saxony and Bremen too
Autumn in Lower Saxony has been too warm. The average temperature in September, October and November was 11.9 degrees Celsius, as the German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Wednesday with reference to a preliminary balance. At the same time, there was also too much precipitation.
The DWD always compares the average values of the past months with the values of the same months from the years 1961 to 1990, according to which autumn in Lower Saxony was 2.6 degrees warmer than in the comparable period. In terms of precipitation, 306 liters per square meter were measured, compared to 182 in the same period last year. The sun shone for 335 hours in Lower Saxony in the fall (comparison period: 282 hours).
An average temperature of 12.2 degrees was measured in the federal state of Bremen - also 2.6 degrees higher than in the comparative period. 295 liters of precipitation per square meter (comparison period 185 l/m²) and 330 hours of sunshine (284) were measured in the two-city state. By comparison, the warmest autumn was in North Rhine-Westphalia with 12.4 degrees. The most precipitation was recorded in Saarland (365 l/m²) and the most hours of sunshine in Bavaria (450).
November was also too warm and too wet in both federal states, according to the weather service. An average of 6.3 degrees (4.9) was measured in Lower Saxony and 6.7 (5.2) in Bremen. The sun shone slightly less often than in the same period last year.
Autumn was also too warm nationwide. According to the German Weather Service, it was the second warmest since measurements began in 1881.
Meteorologists recorded an average temperature of 11.5 degrees for this fall - 2.7 degrees above the comparative value. And the period from January to November 2023 is also in second place with an average of 11.2 degrees. "We still have to wait for December, but 2023 is likely to be another one of the warmest years in Germany," said Uwe Kirsche from the DWD in Offenbach.
The unusual warmth during autumn in Lower Saxony and Bremen might be contributing to changes in the local climate. Moreover, this unseasonably warm weather has also been observed nationwide, making it one of the second warmest autumns recorded since 1881.
Source: www.dpa.com
