Century summer
The summer of the century is colloquially an extraordinarily hot, sunny and dry summer , i.e. a summer with a pronounced heat anomaly or heat-related drought ( precipitation anomaly ).
For example, the summers of 1947 and 1983 are referred to as the summer of the century; and the summer of 2003 with temperature variations of more than 3 degrees is referred to as such.
1540 was also a year of devastating drought in Europe .
See also
- Consequences of global warming # Regional warming records
- List of weather events in Europe
- List of extreme weather events worldwide
- Omega high - more stable than normal high pressure areas ; causes a typical summery fair weather situation with pronounced dryness and warmth up to heat waves and droughts
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Summer of the Century - Weather Lexicon. (No longer available online.) In: Wetter.tv. UBIMET GmbH, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 21, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Weather dictionary: What exactly is a summer of the century? SWR , accessed on June 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Axel Bojanowski : Heat year 1540: weather data reveal Europe's largest natural disaster . In: Spiegel Online . July 2, 2014 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 2, 2018]).
- ^ Badische Zeitung: Current heat wave reminds of the extreme drought in 1540 - Culture - Badische Zeitung . ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed on September 2, 2018]).
