In Innsbruck so far in February 2024 it has been no less than 5.5 degrees warmer than the long-term average. Throughout Austria, the deviation was even more than six degrees – more than ever before in the 256-year series of measurements.
Friday’s snowfall paints a wrong picture. February 2024 has been as warm as an average March so far – and nothing will change this past week.
“Across Austria, temperatures in February are more than six degrees above the 30-year annual average,” says meteorologist Nikolas Zimmermann of the UBIMET weather service, shaking his head in disbelief. “In the 256-year history of measurements, there has never been such a large deviation in one month,” he says, and can hardly believe the development.
At temperatures a month ahead
Innsbruck has so far been no more than six degrees, but 5.5 degrees above the long-term average. Zimmermann: “As far as temperatures are concerned, we are a month ahead.”
The previous trend continued in the last four days of February. Some snow will still fall on the main Alpine ridge, the Brenner Pass and in East Tyrol on Monday, but the rest of Tyrol will remain dry and mainly dry. Temperatures remain above average. “Monday and Tuesday there will be maximum temperatures between nine and twelve degrees, only in East Tyrol they are lower – six degrees in Lienz,” says the expert.
Sahara dust approaching
From the middle of the week, Sahara dust will obscure (distant) visibility in Tyrol. This will be especially noticeable from Thursday onwards. At the same time there is a mix of clouds and sun. In any case, it should remain mainly dry in North Tyrol.
Source: Krone
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