Allgäu under heat warning: Record temperatures blast all boundaries!

Allgäu under heat warning: Record temperatures blast all boundaries!

Kempten, Deutschland - In the Allgäu, the heat wave is unmistakable: the current temperatures often reach 30 degrees Celsius and above. Again and again weather services warn of the extreme heat that have been recorded in the regions such as Kempten, Memmingen, Kaufbeuren, Oberstdorf and Sigmarszell since the 1950s. The spearhead of the temperatures in the Allgäu was registered in Kempten in 1984 at 35.4 degrees Celsius, and the past few years have shown that such high values ​​seem to be increasingly the norm. In fact, the number of days on which over 30 degrees are reached has increased from 11.7 to 25.7 days a year, which illustrates the effects of climate change.

The heat -fermented days in the various cities of the Allgäu are particularly remarkable. The ten hottest days are listed in the table:

heat and climate change

like Tagesschau reports, Europe is described as a hotspot of climate change, and the data speaks a clear language: 2024 The warmest year has been the beginning of the weather. 1.5 degrees above the pre -industrial level. Heat has become the largest climate -related threat to the European population. Over 80 percent of the weather -related deaths between 1980 and 2020 were caused by heat waves.

The climate changes also bring about changed precipitation patterns. Northern Europe receives more rain while the south suffers from drought. In fact, heat and drought not only have health, but also economic effects on agriculture, industry and energy supply. This proves Statista , where it is listed that the heat and drought damage in 2022 were among the most expensive weather-related natural events worldwide.

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The balance of the past few years in Allgäu clearly shows that the heat waves are no longer an exceptions, but a new reality with which the citizens and those responsible have to deal. With steadily increasing temperatures, it is becoming increasingly important to also take measures to adapt to the changed climatic conditions. Copernicus' climate status reports to this, and it remains to be hoped that both locally and globally will be traded in time to avert the worst effects of climate change.