Overview
- The German Weather Service, which updated its outlook Thursday, expects many places to hit or top 25°C on Friday’s May 1 holiday with some regions reaching 27–29°C over the weekend.
- Clear skies will bring sharp nighttime cooling with localized ground frost still possible despite the warm days, according to DWD forecasts.
- Fire risk is elevated to level 4 and locally level 5 on the DWD scale, with Bavaria highlighted, and fire crews have already tackled moor fires in Vechta and Meppen where about 10,000 square meters burned.
- A cold front moving in from the west on Sunday is forecast to trigger showers and strong thunderstorms in places with hail and storm gusts and then knock daytime highs down by about 7–10°C early next week.
- DWD meteorologists say a shift to cooler, wetter weather next week is likely as a low crosses Germany, which could ease the dryness though local rainfall amounts remain uncertain.