The summer of 2017
in Europe was a wet one.
That's just "weather" !
No one seems to
remember that
summer.
But 2018 and 2019
summers were
hot and dry.
That's "climate change".
Climate alarmists
then claimed
drought would be
the new normal
for the future.
Central Europe
this year has had
little rain since
the end of March.
How about considering
historical precipitation
data for three German
cities, and all of Germany,
to understand if 2018
and 2019 summers
were unusual ?
The charts below
show the monthly
precipitation data
from three North
German cities for
almost 40 years:
Hamburg,
Hannover,
Berlin.
Data source:
Japan Meteorological
Agency (JMA).
The northern port city
of Hamburg has seen
a modestly declining
trend since 1982.
Nothing unusual
is happening.
The city still gets
plenty of rain.
For Hannover,
there was
a modest decline
in precipitation
since 1982,
yet there are
no unusual
extremes
today.
For Berlin,
there’s a gap
in the data
in the 1990s.
But there has been
no trend change
in precipitation
but wet extremes
have become
more frequent.
Looking at
total Germany
precipitation,
considering
the percentage
above or below
normal, the
long-term trend
since the early 1880s
has been slightly
upward !
Germany remains
rainy and wet --
slightly wetter
as global man made
CO2 emissions rose.
It's impossible
to conclude
that Germany’s
( Central Europe )
will have a future
of drought.
Germany chart:
