Snow in Germany mid July ????

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Snow in Germany mid July ????

#1 Postby Anonymous » Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:27 pm

Well, what a difference a year makes !

I just wanted to forward this. I know this is the mountains but for mid July to experience 17 F is still impressive ! Also checked AccuWeather for Paris, France - they expect chilly and rainy early next week. And last summer, Europe was in the midst of a heatwave !


3 Day AccuWeather.com Forecast for: ZUGSPITZE MOUNTAIN
View this data in Metric | English units.


Tonight Get Details
Hourly Weather
Cloudy and very cold with snow.
Low 17° F / RealFeel[TM] 4° F.


Monday 7/12 Get Details
Hourly Weather
Cloudy and very cold with snow.
High 28° F / RF 23° F. Max. UV 4.


Monday Night 7/12 Get Details
Hourly Weather
Cloudy and very cold with snow.
Low 18.° F / RF 15° F.


Tuesday 7/13 Get Details
Cloudy and very cold with snow.
High 26° F / RF 11° F. Low 18° F / RF 4° F. Max. UV 2.


Wednesday 7/14 Get Details
Sun and clouds.
High 35° F / RF 41° F. Low 27° F / RF 12° F. Max. UV 6.
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#2 Postby Aslkahuna » Sun Jul 11, 2004 1:54 pm

Well the Zugspitze is at around 10000 ft so though unusual, snow could occur during an unusually cold Summer storm. That would be the same as the Montana Rockies seeing snow in July (same latitude)-rare but it does occur as it does on occasion in the Wasatch and Colorado Rockies.

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#3 Postby Lee » Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:45 pm

Wow Snow in July!!
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#4 Postby Anonymous » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:12 am

Here was the complete story:

Storms that had provoked floods and power cuts in Britain and Germany during the week turned to snow in the Bavarian mountains on Sunday.

Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, was covered in two meters (six feet seven inches) of snow after 10 centimeters fell since Saturday and the mercury dipped to an unseasonally cold minus six degrees Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit), meteorologists said.

In Italy, the opening night of a new production of Verdi's "Traviata" at Verona's Roman amphitheatre was interrupted after seven minutes because of stormy weather, leaving 12,000 people fuming with anger.

British director Graham Vick of the Birmingham Opera Company had promised a revolutionary performance that would innovate without betraying Verdi's popular opera.

Northeast Italy was hit by unseasonally chilly weather over the weekend and snow in the Italian Alps.

In France, where nearly 15,000 people died in an extended heatwave last year, summer 2004 continued to be a rain-drenched washout.
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