Summer is hitting hard in Germany. There is plenty of sun, heat and warmth this weekend in June. Just not in one region of the country.
Munich/Lake Constance/Hamburg – In northern Italy between Veneto, Lake Garda and Lombardy it is so hot and dry that drinking water has to be rationed in some places. But in Germany, too, the summer has already hit the ground running in mid-June. At least in many places. Specifically: At the weekend (June 18/19) it is supposed to get really hot in large parts of the Federal Republic – but with one notable exception.
Weather in Germany at the weekend: heat in the west, east and south
“Over the weekend, the majority of heat waves will spread across the west, east and south and will only just barely reach the north, as cool air masses from the north-west tend to accumulate there. So it’s extremely different this weekend,” she said picture the qualified meteorologist Dominik Jung from the weather service weather.net: “The sea brings the wind towards the coast there, it’s colder there than in the rest of the country. The seawater is significantly cooler than the heated mainland.”
Means: In the north, especially in the north-west between the North Sea, Hamburg and Bremen, it is pleasantly mild, but by no means hot like midsummer, while the rest of Germany really starts to sweat. It’s supposed to be loud on Saturday weather.com in the Metropolis of Hamburg with around 1.9 million inhabitants, it can still get up to 24 degrees warm. But on Sunday, the maximum values in the Hanseatic city and the surrounding area should no longer exceed 19 degrees.
In the video: Weather in Germany – The weekend will be very hot and sometimes thunderstorms
The weather picture in the rest of the republic is completely different: for example in Cologne up to 36 degrees will be measured on Saturday in bright sunshine, according to the forecast. Also in parts of North Rhine-Westphalia However, the weather is supposed to change on Sunday. Noisy weather.com it could then only be 18 degrees in the big city on the Rhine, which would mean a significant drop in temperature. However, the south and east of Germany do not have to fear such a thing at the weekend.
Weather in Germany at the weekend: It’s getting really hot at Lake Constance, in Stuttgart and in Saxony
In Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance in the border triangle with Switzerland and Austria, it should be up to 32 degrees warm on Saturday. Ideal excursion weather for the “Swabian Sea”. On Sunday the temperatures at Lake Constance climbed up to 33 degrees with lots of sunshine. In the Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart 35 degrees are sometimes measured on Saturday and Sunday, and the risk of rain is also very low in the “Schwabenkessel”.
It’s also getting really hot in the east. Dresden reports maximum values of up to 34 degrees for the weekend on the Elbe. And at least on Saturday it is very likely to remain dry in Saxony without precipitation. Occasionally, however, thunderstorms must be expected due to the heat – from west to south to east. (pm)
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