April & May 2018 Hottest For Germany Since 1881; No Monthly Low Temp Records Since 1956
May and April of 2018 were the hottest in Germany since records began in 1881, the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Monday. With an average temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, DWD said May 2018 was 3.9 degrees warmer than its benchmark of monthly average temperatures between 1961 and 1990 .
"In the last few years we have been experiencing a series of climate records that collectively can only be understood in the context of climate change," said DWD's Deputy President Paul Becker.
DWD said that not only had April and May been extremely hot months, but they had seen extreme weather events such as torrential rains and severe thunderstorms. Becker said the growing number of these kinds of events "will require from all of us intensive adaptation measures and measures to counter climate change."
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Climate change has resulted in new maximum records for rising average monthly temperatures occurring more and more in recent decades. From 2001-2010 there were 10 new monthly records. In previous decades there were only two to four new maximum records per decade. New minimum temperature records are extremely rare now, with the last one being recorded more than 60 years ago in February 1956.
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http://www.dw.com/en/may-and-april-2018-hottest-in-germany-since-1881/a-44074472
