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Offenbach / Schwerin (dpa / mv) - The winter 2020/21 was too warm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, according to the German Weather Service (DWD).

With an average temperature of around 1.8 degrees, the state was well above the long-term average of 0.2 degrees.

This emerges from the preliminary DWD balance sheet for the months of December, January and February.

According to the DWD, this comparative value calculated from the internationally valid reference period 1961 to 1990 enables an assessment of long-term climate change.

With almost 135 liters of precipitation per square meter, the northeasternmost federal state was only slightly above its target value of 130 liters.

The so-called lake effect, in which cold air blows over the comparatively warm Baltic Sea, caused large amounts of snow due to the recurring shower roads on the Western Pomerania coast.

Ribnitz-Damgarten, northeast of Rostock, registered 42 cm on February 12.

In winter 2020/21, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was above the reference value of 144 hours with 150 hours of sunshine.

This made the region the second least sunshine region after Schleswig-Holstein.

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German weather service for winter 2020/21