Overview
- Germany saw a split on Saturday, with 20–24°C and sun in the south and cooler, windy, cloudy weather in the north where the DWD warned of coastal gusts up to 80 km/h.
- ECMWF and GFS now show a stable high, nicknamed Uli, holding most regions dry and mild through about May 3.
- The DWD expects cold nights in the coming days with localized ground frost, which threatens tender plants and calls for covers or delayed planting.
- ICON breaks from the consensus with a small upper‑level low around April 27 that could bring brief clouds and light rain, and some meteorologists still see a chance of an early‑May frost linked to this year’s unusual polar‑vortex disruption.
- Traditional farmers’ rules tied to late April and the mid‑May “Eisheiligen” are widely cited, but the DWD says they offer only broad tendencies rather than precise day‑by‑day forecasts.