Overview
- The German Weather Service (DWD) predicts for Nov 1 dense clouds, fog, southeast rain and snow in the Alps with unusually mild highs around 6–13°C.
- The DWD expects Nov 2 to be mostly overcast with intermittent rain and daytime highs roughly between 4 and 12°C.
- Meteorologists say these two-day conditions do not validate century-old Bauernregeln because single calendar days lack the multi-day atmospheric context that drives seasonal change.
- Allerheiligen (Nov 1) and Allerseelen (Nov 2) remain Catholic days of grave visits and candles and are public holidays with 'stiller Feiertag' restrictions, including dance bans, in five German states.
- Experts note that climate change, through warmer autumns and more erratic frost patterns, further reduces the historical reliability of farmers' lostays and makes long-range claims from one date unsound.