Climate change in sight: Will in 2024 become even hot and wet?

Climate change in sight: Will in 2024 become even hot and wet?

Diez, Deutschland - In 2024, Karl Heck, who has measures precipitation and temperatures in Diez since 1989, observed significant changes in the weather. According to his records, in 2024 with 99 liters more precipitation than the average was over average wet. In addition, the year was consistently above average, which is associated with the developments of climate change.

Another look at the weather shows that in 2023 a record has already set up. According to a report of the German Weather Service (DWD) was the warmest year since the start of regular weather measurements in Germany and worldwide. A mild winter and a warm autumn contributed significantly to this record value. This year, a precipitation record of 841.9 liters per square meter in Germany was also measured, which has been the wetest year since the start of the measurements.

weather extreme and climate sequences

In addition to the records in the rainfall, the sixth highest rainfall recorded in 2023 after a number of dry years. The repeated rainfall in the past three months led to the soils that were saturated in some areas, which led to extreme flood situations in some northern regions of Germany. Furthermore, a lot of sunshine was found.

Andreas Becker, head of climate monitoring in the DWD, commented on the current situation and emphasized the urgent need for climate protection and adaptation measures to counter the challenges of climate change. The report "Climatological Review of 2023" is also available as a PDF download.

-transmitted by West-East media