Now it’s here, the great heat over Germany. Temperatures will rise sharply in many places as early as Wednesday. Hospitals could be inundated with patients over the next few days.
Offenbach – is the great heat coming or not? If weather experts have their way, the 40-degree mark could even fall in many places in Germany at the beginning of next week. After rainy and rather cooler days, the temperatures will rise in the middle of the week, and the heat should set in in Germany by Thursday at the latest. Hospitals are already preparing for many heat patients.
Weather: Heat wave spills over Germany – already on Wednesday in many places over 30 degrees
As early as Wednesday, July 13, 2022, temperatures will rise in many places in Germany. If the sun is still holding back north of the Main, it heats up again shortly afterwards. At least that’s what the German weather service predicts for this Wednesday. In the southwest, the thermometer can rise to the 34-degree mark, and a warm to hot summer day can be expected almost everywhere else with 25 to 31 degrees.
However, one region seems to be able to escape the heat, because it is much cooler on the coast. Between 21 and 25 degrees are expected here, according to the DWD, a stiff breeze could even arise on Wednesday afternoon. A few showers are possible in the north in the morning, but despite the clouds initially present, it will remain mostly dry across Germany.
Weather in Germany: forecasts show – the coming days will also be hot and dry
The prospects for the coming days also remain summery. Sun and clouds are likely to alternate on Thursday, but it will mostly remain dry and warm. With temperatures between 22 and 28 degrees, it cools down only slightly, but in many places the great heat must also be expected on Thursday. In the south and southwest it could even get hotter than 35 degrees. Thunderstorms are not excluded, especially in the mountains and, according to the meteorologists, can sometimes be stronger there. It should also remain hot in many places in Germany at the weekend, experts expect even higher temperatures at the beginning of the week. The 40-degree mark could then possibly be cracked.
Heat weather: German hospital society warns of increasing stress on clinics
It should be clear to many people that heat can not only be unpleasant and exhausting but also dangerous. The German Hospital Society (DKG) is now warning of an increasing burden on hospitals and is calling for an investment program to adapt the hospital buildings to the heat. If the record values that meteorologists are currently predicting for the next week really occur, we will have to reckon with a high number of heat-related hospital cases,” said DKG CEO Gerald Gass to the newspapers of the editorial network Germany on Wednesday.
As Gass goes on to explain, in addition to people with dehydration, people with cardiac arrhythmias, low blood pressure or sleep disorders may also need medical care. These are the signs of heat stroke. “Especially in the cities, where there are hardly any alternatives to avoid the heat and where the heat can accumulate between the concrete buildings, the hospitals must be expected to be under extreme stress,” said Gass. “And this in a situation in which the personnel situation is particularly tense due to quarantine and isolation caused by Corona.”
Many countries in Europe are sweating under the heat wave. The situation is getting worse in Spain and Portugal. There is a risk of forest fires – water is scarce in some regions. In Italy, a state of emergency has already been declared for several regions, holidaymakers need to know that now.
