Last November was the driest since 2020 and one of the ten driest Novembers in the 167-year precipitation measurement series, Geosphere Austria announced on Monday. It brought many high-pressure weather conditions, especially in the first half of the month. "In the nationwide evaluation, there was 71 percent less precipitation than in an average November," noted Geosphere Austria climatologist Alexander Orlik in a press release.

November was dry, often sunny, and very mild in the mountains

Also, the cold air lakes typical of high-pressure conditions in autumn caused significant differences in temperatures. "Compared to an average November of the climate period 1991-2020, it was 0.7 degrees too cool in the lowlands of Austria and 1.6 degrees too warm in the mountains," said Orlik.

On November 1, some mountain stations of Geosphere Austria recorded new November temperature records: At Sonnblick - at 3,109 meters above sea level - it was 7.1 degrees, at the Rudolfshütte located at 2,317 meters it was 13.0 degrees. Generally, the frequent high-pressure weather conditions in most of Austria made for a very sunny November. In the nationwide evaluation, the number of sunshine hours was 39 percent above average, which is the highest value in a November since 2015.

In some regions, however, the fog fields typical of high-pressure weather in autumn were very persistent. From Flachgau across large parts of Upper Austria to Mostviertel, the number of sunshine hours in November 2024 was about ten to 30 percent below average.

Only sporadically above-average amounts of snow

The combination of little precipitation and mostly high temperatures resulted in fewer days with snow cover and lower new snow totals than in an average November in most of Austria. For example, the Geosphere Austria measuring station in Ramsau am Dachstein (1,207 meters above sea level) recorded 23 centimeters of new snow total (sum of the daily new snow amount, note). On average, it is 51 centimeters here.

(APA/Red)

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