Weather – Offenbach am Main – DWD balance sheet for Schleswig-Holstein’s winter – Panorama

Offenbach / Kiel (dpa / lno) – According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the winter of 2020/21 was too warm in Schleswig-Holstein. With an average temperature of around 2.6 degrees, the state was well above the long-term average of 0.9 degrees. This emerges from the preliminary DWD balance sheet for the months of December, January and February. According to the DWD, this comparative value, calculated from the internationally valid reference period 1961 to 1990, enables an assessment of long-term climate change.

With just under 160 liters of precipitation per square meter, the land between the seas almost reached its target value of 180 liters. In February Lübeck-Blankensee recorded 12 days of ice. The lake effect caused large amounts of snow within hours due to repeated shower roads in Wagrien. Oldenburg in Holstein reported 31 centimeters of fresh snow on February 10th. In terms of hours of sunshine, the northernmost state this winter was almost 150 hours above the reference value of 144 hours. This made Schleswig-Holstein the region with the least sunshine in Germany.

For the tenth time in a row, the meteorologists recorded a too warm winter nationwide. Accordingly, the average temperature was 1.8 degrees and thus 1.6 degrees above the target value.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210226-99-610201 / 3

— .