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Gloomy Easter weather to creep in from the west

Much of Germany will spend Easter under cloudy and rainy skies with only the eastern part of country likely to see much sun, the German Weather Service (DWD) forecast on Thursday.

Published: 1 April 2010 12:04 CEST
Gloomy Easter weather to creep in from the west
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Cool, damp air moving over Germany from the west means temperatures will barely scrape into double figures across much of the land, the DWD said.

The northwest should brace for particularly miserable conditions at the start of the long holiday weekend, with Thursday bringing sleet and even snow above 400 to 600 metres elevation.

A band of better weather, including sunshine, will stretch from northern Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria to Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg as far as Mecklenberg Western-Pomerania.

Upper temperatures will sit between 7 and 11 degrees Celsius, reaching 13 in parts of the Lausitz and southern Brandenburg regions.

Thursday night will bring rain and temperatures as low as -4 degrees in the Allgäu region of southwestern Bavaria, with the northwest enjoying the mildest conditions with lows of about 2 degrees.

Friday will be largely cloudy with only parts of the east seeing much sunshine and maximum temperatures languishing between 9 and 13 degrees.

On Saturday, weather in the west will remain cloudy and changeable, with patches of rain. Eastern parts of the country will however enjoy frequent sunshine and remain mostly dry.

Maximum temperatures will again range from 9 to 13 degrees, though the sunshine in lucky parts of the east will push the maximum up to 15 degrees.

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‘Turbo spring’: Germany to see temperatures above 25C

Germany is set for a blast of warm weather in the coming week as the colder spell eases off.

Published: 26 April 2024 16:56 CEST
'Turbo spring': Germany to see temperatures above 25C

“The late winter weather of the past few days with frost and snow is a thing of the past for the time being, and spring will kick into turbo gear over the next few days,” said meteorologist Adrian Leyser from the German Weather Service (DWD) on Friday.

Temperatures are expected to rise sharply over the weekend with plenty of sunshine, forecasters said. In Germany anything above 25C is classed as a summer day. “The summer mark of 25C will be cracked regionally as early as Sunday,” said Leyser.

It comes as snow and hail hit Germany last week, and temperatures fell below freezing in some places.

But showers and thunderstorms are still possible in the west and north of Germany. Maximum temperatures there are expected to reach around 20C. 

According to the DWD, spring will get a little damper on Monday, with a few rain spells.  “However, the next low pressure system over Western Europe is preparing to turn on the warm air jet again from Tuesday,” said the meteorologist.

On Wednesday – which is a public holiday across Germany for International Workers’ Day – temperatures could soar nearer 30C. 

“In the south and east, we are even approaching the 30C mark,” said Leyser. However, the weather will remain “susceptible to disruption”, said Leyser, especially in the west where there is a risk of isolated and sometimes severe thunderstorms.

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