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Seven -slip day in June
Are you expecting the summer of bad weather?
On the dormouse day, it should decide whether it rains for seven weeks. But that's really true and how warm should summer be?
"It rains on the dormouse day, which does not like to give way for seven weeks." If one believes this well -known peasant rule, theSiebenläferag on June 27thA big influence on the weather in midsummer.
Accordingly, rain awaits us for seven weeks when it rains on the dormouse day. On the other hand, the sun seems to be mild and sunny.
But how reliable is the peasant rule for the dormouse day really and what weather awaits us in midsummer?
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Here the dormouse has its origin
The peasant rule goes back to the seven brothers Johannes, Serapion, Martinianus, Dionysius, Constantinus, Maximus and Malchus, which should have fled 251 AD into a cave near Ephesus during the persecution of Christians. According to legend, the brothers were caught by the pursuers and walled in the cave. They fell into deep sleep. The brothers woke up only in 446 AD.
TheDormouse daySo has nothing to do with the cute of the same name, butgoes back to the seven sleeping brothers.
In fact, the date is not correct at all. Just as with the ice saints, the dormouse day was introduced at the time of the Julian calendar. But if you go according to our current era and the Gregorian calendar,If the dormouse day would only be on July 7th.
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Does the dormouse day reliably predict the weather?
But what about the peasant rule? Can you really rely on it today?
In the past, the peasant rule around the Siebenleis day was surprisingly good. However, according to meteorologists and meteorologists, accuracy is not a coincidence, but due to a weather phenomenon.The reason is the jet stream.Whether the summer awaits us more wet weather or sun depends on whether the jet stream forms a north or south curve over Europe.
If the strong wind blows in a north curve, a low pressure area and unstable weather awaits us, he pulls in a south curve across Europe, we can assume a high -pressure area and a mild summer.
The jet stream usually lasts for a few weeks in midsummer. Therefore, the weather can give an indication of how the weather will be the next few weeks at the end of June. The fact that frost awaits us at the end of June and in the midsummer months is almost impossible.
Forecasts for the seven -slip day 2024: up to 31 degrees
On June 27th, maximum temperatures are up to 31 degrees. However, thunderstorms are also expected almost across Germany, which again ensure significantly cooler temperatures. Both on the weekend and in the next week, the temperatures should be forecasts fromWetter.delevel up between mild 20 and 25 degrees.
A heat wave is not heralded with the dormouse day. On the contrary. June 27 seems to be the last very hot day at least for the time being.
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