Parts of Germany experienced the most severe heat wave in more than a decade in June. However, now the heat has been replaced by cool air and there is virtually no indications that the heat will return.
In Berlin the temperatures reached a high of 35°C on Friday and a high of 33°C on Saturday. On Sunday there was a significant drop in maximum temperature where it settled at 24°C.
This cool and seasonable conditions will be a common occurrence during mid-July as a change in the weather pattern will keep the severe heat out of Germany. This is due to a trough which will be active over northwestern Europe for a couple of weeks and this trough will divert the heat east into western Russia.
There will be frequent storm systems which will move in from the Atlantic during the middle of July and this will result in blast of cool air. These storm systems will keep the heat at bay across much of Germany and cause several spells of rainfall.
The maximum temperatures during the middle of July will be slightly below normal.
Despite several storm systems affecting the region the threat of flooding will not be as widespread as it has been during the last month. These storm systems will be fast moving ones which will cause limited flooding threat.
While Germany will be spared of the heat, the region fromItaly northeast to Belarus and the Baltic states will have to undergo extended periods of unseasonable heat. This will be dangerous for those people who remain outdoors for an extended period across the region.
During the second half July the heat will make a comeback however, extended heat waves are not expected during this time.
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