Germany Weather: Summer Hammer! Almost 30 degrees – but there is frost in one region

• The “Ice Saints”* mastered the weather condition* in Germany.
• On Father’s Day – Ascension Day – there is a drastic change in the weather.
• A weather phenomenon will roll over Europe and Germany in the next few days.

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Update from May 20, 2020: Today Wednesday is it according to that DWD in a wide strip from Emsland until in the Southeastern Bavaria often strong cloudy. In the Alpine foothills there are occasional drops rain.

It appears in the southwest and northeast of Germany Sun. The maximum values ​​are included 15 to 23 degrees, in the southwest at 23 to 27 degrees.

In the night of Thursday it is still getting strong in some areas cloudy stay. For the most part, however, there will be only a few clouds in the sky or it will remain clear 11 to 3 degrees. On the border with Poland, it happens locally Frost near the ground.

At the Thursday it stays Weather mostly good, but partly cloudy. In southwestern Germany, however, it often remains sunny for a long time. It’s a temperature rise up to 17 degrees in Western Pomerania and up to 29 degrees in the lowlands in the west and southwest expected. The spring seems to be slowly settling down.

Weather in Germany: almost 30 degrees – but what is rolling towards us?

Update from May 19, 10:29 a.m .: With Temperatures up to 27 degrees the thermometer shows summer values ​​again this Wednesday. It is the warmest in the Upper Rhine, but the temperatures are also in most other regions in Germany constant over 21 degrees. Just in the North it does not get warmer than 14 to 20 degrees during the day. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), it is often very cloudy there and it is easier Rain or drizzle possible.

Weather in Germany: Wind gusts of up to 60km / h are possible on the Baltic Sea coast

Also show up on eastern edge of the Alps in the evening some cumulus clouds and it may be too light showers come. There are some on the Baltic Sea coast Gusts of wind possible from the west and northwest, it says on the website of the DWD. You can use speeds of up to 60 km / h to reach. On the night of Wednesday there can even be slight frost in the far north, the temperatures drop to twelve to four degrees.

At the Wednesday Germany expects Mix of sun and clouds: According to the DWD, it is partly cloudy to heavily cloudy, especially from the northwest over the middle and into the southeast. Otherwise the sun often shows up, longest on the Baltic Sea and in the southwest. There are occasional showers in the Bavarian Alps. The daytime temperatures in the north and east peak between 14 and 20 degrees, otherwise the maximum values ​​are included 21 to 27 degrees.

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But what else is there to come? In Saharan Europe hot Sahara air is already knocking on, and it also brings sand and dust from the Sahara, ”says meteorologist Jung (see Update from May 15, 2020, 10:23 a.m.). In the Sahara, dust and sand were whirled up a lot, explains the weather expert. The Sahara dust from North Africa has already reached Italy, Greece. Some of them even make it to Germany, says Jung. When is still unclear.

Weather in Germany: Temperatures rise to 20 to 26 degrees in the southern half

Update from May 18, 12:14 p.m .: Sun, sometimes summer temperatures and hardly any night frost. High Quirinius gives people in large parts of Germany in the coming days sunny weather and pleasant temperatures.

Already on Monday it will be sunny and dry for a long time in the southern half German weather service (DWD) reports. Temperatures between 20 and 26 degrees can occur. In the north it is said to be more cloudy, the maximum values ​​are between 13 and 19 degrees. Also on the night of Tuesday, it should mostly remain cloudy to the north. On the coasts it can be too Rain showers come. It remains mostly clear in the south.

As of Tuesday, experts for parts of the country predict summer 25 degrees. First there is Summer weather at the Upper Rhine and at the Moselle as well as on the lower Danube. By midweek, however, it would be so warm in the entire southwestern half of Germany. It remains cooler and at times windy in the north and northeast. There can always be rainfalls until midweek.

The predictions for Father’s Day are positive. In large parts of Germany, people can expect summer weather. “Ascension Day could be the most beautiful day of the week,” said a DWD meteorologist on Sunday.

Weather in Germany: Hoch Quirinius brings summer temperatures

Update May 16 & 17 at 1.40 p.m .:

Hardly are they Ice saints The sun is over and the summer temperatures in Germany are returning. The reason has a name: Hoch Quirinius. Only in northern Germany is it changeable and cooler Weather hold, as the German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Sunday in Offenbach. The air could warm up day by day and at the start of the week, frosty zero degrees could only be expected in the mountainous region.

Monday, according to meteorologists, brings clouds and light rain to the north and northeast. In the afternoon there is also a slight tendency to showers and thunderstorms in the Alps. Temperatures rise to 15 to 20 degrees in the north, otherwise to 20 to 25.

By the middle of the week, it should then be around 25 degrees Celsius in the entire southwestern half of Germany. It stays cooler in the north. Rain should also fall – the same applies to the edge of the Alps: there is a certain risk of showers.

Weather in Germany: is blood rain coming?

Update from May 15, 2020, 10:23 a.m.: High “Quirinius” – west of Ireland – continues to determine the weather in Germany and is slowly becoming established. Friday is still changeable, but it will become increasingly friendly over the weekend (see below).

The start of the next week, in particular, remains exciting, weather expert Dominik Jung from the weather service says Q.met opposite the weather portal wetter.net With. Sahara dust sweeps across Europe. Top values ​​of up to 30 degrees can be expected according to the European weather model.

“We still have cool air from polar latitudes. In contrast, hot Sahara air knocks in south-east Europe, which also brings sand and dust from the Sahara, ”says meteorologist Jung. In the Sahara, dust and sand were whirled up a lot, explains the weather expert. The Sahara dust from North Africa has already reached Italy, Greece. Some of them even make it to Germany, says Jung. However, the concentration of Sahara dust is probably rather weak. Different in the Mediterranean. In addition to dust, the hot Sahara air ensures extreme heat and temperatures up to 42 degrees.

A graphic by the Barcelona Dust Center on Twitter shows how the strong wind whirls up the dust and sand on the Sahara. The high concentration of Sahara dust may then cause a rare weather phenomenon in Germany: Blood rain. They are tiny particles. But the reddish-colored Sahara sand discolors rain clouds and also rain. The term “rain of blood” sounds dangerous, but it is completely harmless.