Essen (dpa / lnw) – In North Rhine-Westphalia it will be stormy and rainy again at the end of the year. The temperatures will remain mild until New Year’s Eve and it will be unusually warm at up to 17 degrees, as the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach announced on Thursday. Thursday starts with highs between 9 and 13 degrees. In some areas, showers, showery rain and strong to stormy gusts are to be expected. Storm gusts are also possible in the direction of Aachen and in the vicinity of showers.

Friday will initially remain dry before it can rain again in the afternoon. The temperatures are between 8 and 12 degrees.

On New Year’s Eve, the values ??rise to 14 to 17 degrees during the day. According to meteorologists, it will remain rainy and cloudy during the day and also into the New Year’s night.