Severe weather warning for North Rhine -Westphalia: Thunderstorms and heavy rain await Easter Sunday!

Severe weather warning for North Rhine -Westphalia: Thunderstorms and heavy rain await Easter Sunday!

On Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025, people in North Rhine-Westphalia can look forward to dry and mild weather. On Easter Sunday, however, a dramatic change in weather is expected that could take control of the region. The German Weather Service (DWD) from Essen forecast strong thunderstorms and rain shower for Sunday afternoon, whereby regionally storm -like precipitation with up to 40 liters per square meter is possible within an hour. These extreme weather conditions can be expected primarily in a strip from the Sauerland across the Ruhr area to Münsterland.

These thunderstorms formed due to the influence of a front system that appears from a deep above northern France. At the weekend, mild, unstable sea air flows into North Rhine-Westphalia. Especially on the afternoon of Easter Sunday, intensive showers and thunderstorms have to be expected, which can not only bring heavy rain, but also small -grained hails and gusts of wind up to 80 km/h. The focus of the thunderstorms is expected to be in the eastern to Middle NRW.

weather forecasts and effects on Easter

The weather today is changing with sunny sections and remains free of precipitation. The maximum temperatures are between 14 and 18 degrees, while a maximum of 12 degrees are reached in the Hochsauerland. There will be fog in the night of Sunday, whereby the view can fall under 150 meters. Here, with a temperature decline, 7 to 2 degrees and sometimes light frost must be expected near the ground.

On Easter Monday, the weather conditions will not calm down immediately. The heavy rains of the night pull off north, but the clouds remain cloudy until the afternoon. The temperatures will remain mild at 17 to 20 degrees in the depths and, by 14 degrees, in higher layers, but local shower and thunderstorms are not uncommon.

outlook for the coming week

For the following days, especially Tuesday, a continued showman is predicted. Thunderstorms can also be expected here, with the maximum temperatures in the range of 16 to 19 degrees. In the night of Wednesday, fog could occur again occasionally, and the temperatures drop to 8 to 5 degrees, in the region of the Eifel even up to 2 degrees.

So North Rhine-Westphalia is facing a changeable and sometimes stormy Easter weekend. Everyone involved is well advised to adapt to the announced weather conditions. As the current weather situation shows, the weather in the region will continue to be shaped by the instability of the air masses, which can result in unpredictable developments. The detailed weather forecasts are on the pages of the WDR href = "https://www.dwd.de/de/wetter/wettersage_aktuell/nordrhein_westfalen/vhs_nrw_node.html"> dwd available.