Goodbye snow and cold: in February it will be rather dry and almost hot! Spring is just around the corner and could bring with it a bad omen for the coming summer. One expert even warns that the hot summers of 2018/19 could repeat themselves.
Only from Monday it is expected to get a little cooler in Germany, with temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees during the week and a short burst of cold at the weekend. Then the temperatures drop to 0 to 7 degrees – in the low mountain ranges it could be for the last time Winter feel.
“Spring fever is coming”
Climatologist Dr. Karsten Brandt from Donnerwetter.de to BILD: “After that, several models show warmer air. Temperatures will rise to 10 to 15 degrees in two weeks. Without the strong wind, you get really big, beautiful spring feelings.”
Overall, February is forecast to be 1 to 2 degrees too warm – with less precipitation and slight drought. But that also has its dangers. Because through a very warm and dry Spring the risk of a hot summer increases.
This year’s summer could be as hot as 2018 or 2019. Cooling down is necessary
Hot summer could be ahead
“It would be very bad if the top layers of soil dried out in February and March, as the air heats up much faster due to the little water and temperatures rise. Means: In very hot terms summers “It rains little in the spring,” said the weather expert to BILD.
How does that happen? Wetter Developed in March, he could only speculate so far. Certainly the models say according to Dr. Karsten Brandt only says that there will be several bouts of warmth over the next 10 to 14 days, which will keep coming back.
Up to 20 degrees in February
In the first week of February, temperatures in parts of Germany – such as the Ruhr area, Cologne, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg or Karlsruhe – could rise to up to 20 degrees.
What will happen next and whether we will have another week of sweaty weeks heat Expected in the summer, remains open for the time being.