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Offenbach (dpa / sa) - The winter in Saxony-Anhalt was on average significantly too warm and too sunny.
According to the preliminary balance of the German Weather Service (DWD) on Friday, the average temperature in December, January and February was 1.5 degrees and thus 1.1 degrees above the mean of the international reference period from 1961 to 1990.
In addition, the weather service recorded almost 175 hours of sunshine for winter 2020/21.
According to the information, these are also more than usual.
In the comparison period, an average of 145 hours were counted.
There was little rain for that.
With just under 120 liters per square meter, Saxony-Anhalt presented itself as a state with little precipitation, the weather service said.
Particularly noteworthy are the snowy days on February 7th and 8th.
48 centimeters had fallen in Bad Bibra in the Burgenland district.
According to the DWD, it was particularly cold on the morning of February 14th, when minus 24.8 degrees were measured in Querfurt in the Saalekreis.
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The winter was too warm across Germany for the tenth time in a row.
According to the weather service, the average temperature in winter 2020/21 was 1.8 degrees, 1.6 degrees above the value of the international reference period.
Compared to the current and warmer period from 1991 to 2020, the deviation was still 0.4 degrees, it said.
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