Essen (dpa / lnw) – In North Rhine-Westphalia it will remain unusually warm in the coming days. Saturday is expected to be very mild with values ??of 21 to 24 degrees, said Jana Beck, meteorologist at the German Weather Service (DWD). Sunday begins locally with fog, which clears in the course of the morning. After that there will be a mix of sun and clouds, rain is not expected. The weather service expects temperatures between 21 and 23 degrees. On Monday, the temperatures in North Rhine-Westphalia will drop a little to 17 to 19 degrees.
According to the DWD, this October in North Rhine-Westphalia could probably be the warmest October since records began in 1881. Next week will show whether this October will be the warmest in the history of the federal state. The monthly average is currently 13.1 degrees, said Beck. The meteorologist described the extremely mild temperatures over a longer period of time in October as unusual.
According to the DWD, the temperature has been measured hourly since 1881. A mean value is then calculated from the 24 values ??of a day. The monthly mean is determined with the daily values ??of a month. In 2001, the warmest October so far, an average of 13.4 degrees was measured.
