The weather remains exciting – even in March. Are there temperatures of up to 25 degrees in Germany? The first trends are worrying.
Kassel – Cold, wet and gray: This is how you could summarize the weather in February so far. Only rarely did the sun make it through the dense cloud cover. Many people therefore long for spring-like temperatures. The weather trend for March shows that it could be really summery in the first month of spring. However, there is one detail that worries the meteorologists.
The weather in Germany remains exciting. After winter literally fell through and was surprisingly mild, a deviation for March is now in the offing. Accordingly, it could be significantly too dry and warm. Even temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius would be possible.
Weather trend for March causes concern: temperatures up to 25 degrees?
In March 2021, maximum values were measured in Germany. There was a new March record with 26.7 degrees in Cologne, in Frankfurt a whopping 25.1 degrees were reached – real summer days. According to the current climate trend, the first month of spring could also be significantly too warm in 2022. The American long-term model NOAA calculates deviations of 2 degrees above the average climate for the years 1991 to 2020 for Germany. The European ECMS model is around 1.5 degrees too warm.
| year | temperature average |
| March 2021 | 4.6 degrees Celsius |
| March 2020 | 5.3 degrees Celsius |
| March 2019 | 6.6 degrees Celsius |
| March 2018 | 2.5 degrees Celsius |
| (Source: DWD) |
“The long-term weather models are already indicating values well above 20 degrees, at the end of March maybe even 25 degrees. That would be the first day of summer. Of course, there can also be a few cool to cold days with snow in March and April, but nothing is in sight at the moment, ”said qualified meteorologist Dominik Jung to wetter.net.
Weather in March: Significantly too dry scenario – summer days in the first spring month
But the trend for March is worrying in another way. Because it could not only be much too warm, but also too dry. The European long-term model ECMWF indicates a scenario that is clearly too dry, explains meteorologist Georg Haas from wetter.com. The drought in March could not only affect Germany, but also large parts of Europe and especially the Iberian Peninsula.
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The expert summarizes: “We can expect an early spring this year”. Especially in the last third of March, summer days are quite possible. And Jung also speaks of an exciting weather development. It remains to be seen whether the trend will continue in March 2022. But for nature and agriculture in particular, too dry and warm weather could become a problem. (svw) *hna.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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