Again and again there were storms with heavy and extreme rain. The German Weather Service presents the preliminary weather report for July – and speaks of a "rain of the century".
Offenbach – In Germany, it rained significantly more than usual this July. During this month, an average of around 110 liters of precipitation per square meter fell nationwide, as reported by the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach after the first evaluation of its around 2000 measuring stations.
That is almost 40 percent more than the average for the reference period 1961 to 1990. Compared to the period 1991 to 2020, the increase was almost 25 percent. Several thunderstorms with catastrophic consequences occurred in July – the DWD spoke of a "rain of the century". dpa
