Warmest year since 1881: Rhineland-Palatinate under the heat of heat!

In 2024, Germany has recorded the warmest year since the beginning of the nationwide weather records in 1881, as the German Weather Service (DWD) reported. The average temperature was 10.9 degrees Celsius, which represents an increase of 0.3 degrees compared to the previous year. The heat of Rhineland-Palatinate, which was the hottest nationwide, was led.

The temperature values ​​are 2.7 degrees above the average of the reference period from 1961 to 1990 and are 1.6 degrees higher than the average of the period from 1991 to 2020. The warm months, especially spring and August, were particularly striking. Spring began in February and on August 13th a warmer record of 36.5 degrees in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler was measured.

rain and floods shape the year

2024 was also a year that was clearly too wet in Germany with a total annual rainfall of 903 liters per square meter. This surpasses the average of the reference period from 1961 to 1990 (789 liters) and that from the period from 1991 to 2020 (791 liters). The south and southwest of Germany were particularly affected by floods. The insured damage in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate amounted to around 200 million euros over Pentecost.

The sunshine duration was about 1,507 hours in 2024, which is below the target of 1,544 hours (based on the values ​​from 1961 to 1990). Uwe Kirsche from the German Weather Service described the extreme values ​​as "accelerated climate change". Scientists warn of increasing global temperatures if no measures are taken.

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