Germany has experienced Hotest year since 1881 - pure records!

Germany has experienced Hotest year since 1881 - pure records!

Germany has recorded the warmest year since the beginning of the measurement results in 1881. The German Weather Service (DWD) reports that the average temperature this year was 10.9 ° C, which represents an increase of 0.3 degrees compared to 2023. This corresponds to 2.7 degrees above the reference value from 1961 to 1990 (8.2 ° C) and 1.6 degrees above the value from 1991 to 2020 (9.3 ° C). The linear temperature trend since 1881 is now 1.9 degrees, compared to 1.8 degrees in 2023.

The weather conditions in 2024 were diverse. The winter 2023/2024 began with an annual low of -19.5 ° C, which was measured on January 20 in Leutkirch -Herlazhofen. Spring started in February with a middle temperature of 6.6 ° C. The summer was also shaped by high temperatures, with August one of the four warmest since 1881. The highest temperature of the year was measured on August 13 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler with 36.5 ° C. September also brought heat records in northeastern Germany.

precipitation and weather events

The year 2024 was not only characterized by heat, but also by precipitation. With 903 l/m², the precipitation was above the average of 789 l/m² (1961-1990) and 791 l/m² (1991-2020). At the beginning of the year there were winter floods in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt. January 2024 was shaped by the highest daily rainfall, which was measured on August 1st in Trendelburg with 169.8 l/m². In the Alps and in the Black Forest, rainfall of over 2600 l/m² was found, while the northeast came out with less than 500 l/m².

The sunshine duration was almost 1700 hours in 2024, which is above the setpoints of 1544 hours (1961-1990) and 1665 hours (1991-2020). The regions with the most hours of sunshine were the Leipzig lowland bay, the Upper Lusatia and the Baltic Sea coast, where up to 2000 hours were measured, while West Germany was often only about 1500 hours of sunshine.

Meanwhile, global trends show that 2023 was the hottest year since the beginning of the global records, with an average temperature that was almost 1.5 ° C above the pre -industrial level. In Europe in 2023 the second heat was documented, and record temperatures were measured in September, as [Federal Environment Agency] reported.