Floods in Italy, Croatia, Greece and Libya

Connection of extreme events in the Mediterranean region and what do they have to do with us

P. Hoffmann et al.

AG Hydroklimatische Risiken

Observed Trends in annual mean Temperature and Precipitation


Climate Explorer

Location of recent Extremes
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Contextualization of Local Extreme Rainfall

Example for Amman in Jordan


Trough over Central Europe (TRM)





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Changes in the Weather Variability over Europe


1961-1990 1991-2020








New dominant weather pattern: TRM
Mai 2013: River Flood (Elbe/Danube) - TRM,TRM,TRM,TRM,TRM,TRM,TRM,TM,TM,TM,TM,TM (22.05-02.06.2013)
Großwetterlagen Europa

Increasing Weather Persistence











higher similarity of day-to-day weather patterns over Europe in Summer

Hoffmann et al. (2021)

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And their impact on us?