Offenbach/Erfurt (dpa/th) - Autumn set temperature records in Thuringia. As the German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Wednesday after the first evaluation of the results of its around 2000 measuring stations, this year's autumn was probably the second warmest in Bavaria. At 10.2 degrees, the average temperature was 2.0 degrees above the value of the internationally valid reference period from 1961 to 1990.

After a very dry summer, September brought the long-awaited rain. It continued with the warmest October since measurements began and relatively much sun instead of fog and gray in November. But then winter knocked on the door with a drop in temperature. According to the information, November 19th and 20th marked the coldest days of the year so far in Thuringia. The early temperatures of November 20 around Erfurt even fell below the minus 10 degree mark.

The values ​​for rain and sunshine this autumn in Thuringia were also above the long-term average. Thus, 175 liters per square meter (155 liters per square meter) of precipitation was achieved. The sun shone for 390 hours (299 hours).