Heat shock in Saxony-Anhalt: 34.5 degrees in Stendal provide a record!

Heat shock in Saxony-Anhalt: 34.5 degrees in Stendal provide a record!

Stendal, Deutschland - It was a hot Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt, and the temperatures caused sweaty records. The highest values ​​of the year were measured in the district of Stendal; In Seehausen in the Altmark, the thermometer cracked the 34-degree mark with 34.5 degrees Celsius. This place became the hottest in Central Germany and settled from other new "hot" spots, which also reached high temperatures. Demer at Stendal also recorded 34.4 ° C, followed by Drewitz near Burg with 34.3 ° C, Genthin and Dessau-Roßlau each with 34.2 ° C. This information reports MDR.

In order to make the situation even more dramatic, the Volksstimme reports that Saxony-Anhalt is not only responsible for a hot Sunday, but for one of the hottest days since the start of the weather records. On Wednesday of the same week, a new heat record of 40.0 degrees Celsius in Huy-Pabstorf was even measured, which far exceeded the previous extreme values. This record has been the highest since the beginning of the weather records and exceeded the old record of 39.6 degrees, which was found in Bernburg in 2019. Volksstimme also reports on a tropical night at the chunk, where the temperatures also did not fall below 20 degrees-a non-everyday appearance.

inconsistent weather after the heat

As if the summer heat was not enough, the meteorological offices announced an unstable and windy weather after the high summer weekend. In the early Monday morning, thunderstorms moved across the north of Saxony-Anhalt. So one or the other tree fell in Klötze in the Altmark, and from Monday morning at 11 a.m. there is now even a severe weather warning for the chunk in front of hurricane -like gusts. At night, the temperatures of the 20-degree mark remained high in many places, which presented the people in the region with a certain challenge.

And these are not just temporary challenges! According to a report by the German Weather Service, Germany is severely affected by climate change. Tobias Fuchs, a member of the board, explains that the years before 1990 are considered "normal" today, while the temperatures and rainfall have become significantly more variable. According to the [Tagesschau] (https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klimawandel-folgen-Deutschland-100.html), heat waves are demonstrably more common, and particularly endangered groups in our cities have to deal with the consequences of these extreme weather conditions.