Overview

• The spring mean temperature at Hohenpeißenberg reached 8.4 °C, 1.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.
• Total precipitation from March through May totaled 205 mm, marking a 26 percent shortfall against long-term norms.
• The region saw 616 hours of sunshine, 17 percent more than the seasonal average.
• April brought only 17.5 mm of rainfall at the observatory and under 4 mm at nearby lowlands, triggering a severe drought.
• May averaged 11.1 °C—0.5 °C below the long-term mean—making it the first cooler month since November 2023 with 123 mm of rainfall (89 percent of expected).