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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on March 26, 2013, 05:07:10 PM

Title: Hamburg Germany – All-time March snowfall record
Post by: Mark on March 26, 2013, 05:07:10 PM

“This weather is for the March truly extraordinary,” says Frank Boettcher from the Institute of Weather and Climate Communication. “In Hamburg, there was an average of 3.5 degrees colder than normal.”

And the snow! Even snowplows  voiced concern over the snow, which blocked roads and caused countless jams.

In Fuhlsbüttel a new all-time snow record for the month of March was set: 28 inches! The former Hamburg snow-in-March-peak value of 1 March 1979 was 27 centimeters.

And it gets worse! Ostholstein on Tuesday should get up to 15 centimeters of new snow. In Hamburg, it can be up to five.

“In the middle of next week, we do not expect significant changes,” says Boettcher. “It is even possible that this weather lasts until Easter.”

http://www.mopo.de/nachrichten/hamburger-endlos-winter-ende-der-eiszeit-nicht-in-sicht,5067140,22154502.html

Title: Re: Hamburg Germany – All-time March snowfall record
Post by: Suezy on March 26, 2013, 05:17:00 PM

Pretty bad there to Mark - no wonder the birds left - they must have known something.
Hope we don't follow the trend.