Climate in Numbers: Germany’s twelfth warm winter

„Climate change is not letting up„. This is the conclusion of the German Weather Service (DWD) regarding the winter of 2022/23, which ended meteorologically at the end of February. The supposedly cold season was this time 2.7 degrees Celsius above the average of the years 1961-1990. For the twelfth consecutive time, the winter was thus significantly warmer than the average, which serves as a benchmark for climate change. Compared to the period 1990-2020, in which global warming was already evident, last winter was still 1.5 degrees above average.