Starting today, temperatures are set to reach 30 degrees Celsius and above. By Wednesday, it will be “hot,” said Torsten Walter, meteorologist at the ARD weather centre. Following the extreme heat Berlin experienced in June, this heat wave is set to be similarly “intense and relatively long-lasting, for almost exactly three days.”
Temperatures will again climb to 36-37 degrees Celsius on Thursday and Friday and there is a risk of strong thunderstorms, according to Walter. “The heat wave will likely be over by Saturday. But 26 degrees in the north and 30 degrees in Lower Lusatia are still warm, summery warm,” says the meteorologist.
The news of another heatwave has caused even more concern for the droughts that the whole country is facing. Cities like Munich saw bans on private pools, water-play installations and lawn watering this month. According to the State Office, the Spree region is in a “tense water management situation.” This is due to the low rainfall in winter and spring. In many places in the upper catchment area, only about 70% of the typical rainfall for this time of year has been recorded so far.
Brandenburg’s low-water warning system is currently indicating that too little water is flowing at 25 of its 26 measuring stations. The Brandenburg State Office for the Environment (LfU) has convened a cross-state working group due to low water levels in southern Brandenburg. The LfU announced on Tuesday that the aim is to manage the remaining reserves in the reservoirs better.
