# Winter weather could be mild, German met office DWD says
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
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Published: 2022-11-10
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Meta Title: Germany Forecasts Mild Winter: Will Energy Crisis Ease?
Meta Description: Germany may face a mild winter, easing concerns over energy supply as Russia curbs fuel exports. Discover the impact and potential savings in heating energy.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany could be in for a mild winter, the meteorological office DWD said on Thursday, raising the possibility that energy supply tightness caused by Russia’s curbs of fuel exports might not hurt consumers and industry as badly as feared.

European gas prices have hit multi-year highs this year as Russia dramatically cut volumes it sends to Europe amid war in Ukraine, raising prospects of shortages for manufacturers and cold homes and driving up costs.

“We expect a comparatively mild winter,” said Tobias Fuchs, Director Climate and Environment of the DWD. If the model is right, we will be able to save [heating energy](https://www.financedigest.com/analysis-forget-showering-its-eat-or-heat-for-shocked-europeans-hit-by-energy-crisis.html "Analysis-Forget showering, it’s eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis") as a result.

Looking ahead into December through February 2023, the coldest three months of the season, DWD predicted a mean temperature of at least two degrees Celsius, which would place 2022/23 in the [33% of mildest winters of the reference period](https://www.financedigest.com/alkyl-phenol-derivatives-market-is-estimated-to-expand-at-the-rate-of-3-3-over-the-assessment-period-of-2021-and-2031.html "Alkyl Phenol Derivatives Market is estimated to expand at the rate of 3.3% over the assessment period of 2021 and 2031") 1991-2020.

The multi-year average of this period is 1.4 degrees.

Germany, [Europe’s biggest economy and power](https://www.financedigest.com/edf-edison-ansaldo-team-up-to-develop-nuclear-power-in-europe.html "EDF, Edison, Ansaldo team up to develop nuclear power in Europe") market is also a leading consumer and importer of gas, coal and oil. Half of all households heat with gas.

Germany’s [energy regulator](https://www.financedigest.com/uk-energy-regulator-drops-plan-to-ring-fence-customers-cash.html "UK energy regulator drops plan to ring fence customers’ cash") on Thursday noted that gas consumption last week, the running year’s 44th, was down slightly compared to a four-year average over 2018-2021.

The authority would be in charge of gas rationing if things got tight and has pleaded consumption [must fall](https://www.financedigest.com/finance-execs-must-understand-ai-or-risk-falling-behind.html "Finance execs must understand AI or risk falling behind") by at least 20%, to stem shortfalls.

Its president Klaus Mueller has warned that just a few freezing cold [days could cause a dramatic jump](https://www.financedigest.com/uk-retailers-see-40-jump-in-boxing-day-shoppers-springboard.html "UK retailers see 40% jump in Boxing Day shoppers -Springboard") in gas usage and that underground gas inventories, even at a current 99.6% filling level, would only last 9 to 10 weeks.

Refinitiv meteorologist Georg Mueller on Monday issued a seasonal forecast for taking a similar line, predicting near normal or slightly warmer than normal patterns until January in northern and [southern Europe](https://www.financedigest.com/southern-europe-braces-for-climate-change-fuelled-summer-of-drought.html "Southern Europe braces for climate change-fuelled summer of drought").

Major colder than normal spells in January and February were not likely, he added.

(Reporting by Vera Eckert, editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)


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