First Snow Dusts Germany’s Lowlands as Cold Air Arrives

First snowfall in German lowlands November 2026, Digi Mart USA News (Germany): Snow has now fallen in Germany’s lowlands for the first time this season. Parts of the country were dusted on Tuesday morning, with snow reported in eastern Brandenburg, according to the publisher’s report.

In the early morning hours, sporadic icy conditions were also reported from the Ore Mountains to the Lusatia region, caused by freezing drizzle or wet snow. Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia were expected to continue facing fog and frost, according to the German Weather Service (DWD).

DWD meteorologist Tobias Reinartz told the publisher that the snowfall was brief. “It was only a short snow visit,” he said.

The low-pressure system responsible had already moved away, though he noted that some precipitation had been foreseeable. “The question was only how strong the snowfall would be, and perhaps even what would stay on the ground,” he said.

Over the coming days, rain is more likely than snow, especially in southern Germany. Reinartz said cooler air from the north would arrive toward the end of the week, and the snow line could drop below 1,000 meters in mountainous areas, particularly in the Alps.

Diploma meteorologist Dominik Jung said foehn winds would arrive in the Alps on Wednesday, pushing temperatures in the southwest up to 14 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, temperatures of up to 15 degrees could be possible along the Upper Rhine and in the Alps, though he cautioned that repeated rain clouds would move across the country from the west.

Jung said that by the night leading into Friday, the milder daytime temperatures would end as polar maritime air arrives from the northwest. Daytime highs would fall to between 4 and 10 degrees Celsius, with rain turning to snow in higher mountain areas.

Temperatures could drop as low as minus 6 degrees Celsius on the night toward Saturday, creating slippery conditions on wet roads and bridges.