Essen (dpa / lnw) – In North Rhine-Westphalia, unusually mild temperatures are to be expected in the coming days. The trend continues until the weekend, as the German weather service (DWD) in Essen announced on Wednesday. After a cloudy start that was also slightly rainy in some places, the weather increasingly cleared up on Wednesday afternoon. The maximum values ??are between 17 and 20 degrees, in the higher mountains around 15 degrees. In the night to Thursday it stays mostly dry with lows of 13 to 9 degrees. On Thursday, after the fog has cleared, the DWD expects compact cloud fields, where individual showers cannot be ruled out. The temperatures rise to a maximum of 19 to 22 degrees.

On Friday, the maximum temperatures even rise to 21 to 24 degrees. It will be clear to cloudy and dry. It will be just as warm on Saturday. The meteorologists expect clouds. It remains rain-free.