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Heavy Snow has hot Germany

Heavy snow and high winds have caused traffic chaos across Germany with at least three deaths reported nationwide.

Conditions closed some motorways and caused long traffic jams on many others.

North Rhine-Westphalia, which includes the cities of Cologne and Dusseldorf, recorded 300 accidents on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Public transport in some areas has been shut down and police have advised people not to travel if possible.

The traffic chaos in North Rhine-Westphalia led to one death and 40 more people injured, while in Bavaria another two people were killed on frozen roads.

Flights at some airports were cancelled or delayed.

With many roads almost impassable, some Germans used alternative transport

Sport hit

Bus services in the northern city of Rostock were suspended and sports fixtures cancelled after 30cm (12in) of snow fell in one night.

Police warned motorists that if they got stranded they might have to wait hours for help.

“People should just stay at home,” a spokesman said.

But despite the weather, some intrepid Germans were determined to enjoy the weekend.

In Hamburg hundreds of families skated across the frozen Alster Lake, which forecasters said was a once in a decade phenomenon.

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24hr Graph for 30th January 2010

Average temperature = 1.4°C
Average humidity = 73%
Average dewpoint = -2.9°C
Average barometer = 1001.4 mb
Average windspeed = 2.6 mph
Average gustspeed = 10.3 mph
Average direction = 318° ( NW)
Rainfall for month = 61.2 mm
Rainfall for year = 61.2 mm
Rainfall for day = 0.0 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 0.0 mm on day 30 at time 23:50
Maximum temperature = 3.8°C on day 30 at time 15:21
Minimum temperature = -1.8°C on day 30 at time 23:50
Maximum humidity = 82% on day 30 at time 04:24
Minimum humidity = 62% on day 30 at time 14:44
Maximum dewpoint = -1.4°C on day 30 at time 03:26
Minimum dewpoint = -4.9°C on day 30 at time 23:40
Maximum pressure = 1005.2 mb on day 30 at time 22:52
Minimum pressure = 996.8 mb on day 30 at time 01:19
Maximum windspeed = 8.1 mph on day 30 at time 13:04
Maximum gust speed = 17 mph from 360 °( N ) on day 30 at time 04:36
Maximum heat index = 3.8°C on day 30 at time 15:21

24hr Graph for 29th January 2010

Average temperature = 4.6°C
Average humidity = 83%
Average dewpoint = 1.9°C
Average barometer = 994.6 mb
Average windspeed = 5.9 mph
Average gustspeed = 17.2 mph
Average direction = 309° ( NW)
Rainfall for month = 61.2 mm
Rainfall for year = 61.2 mm
Rainfall for day = 4.5 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 0.4 mm on day 29 at time 07:40
Maximum temperature = 6.7°C on day 29 at time 11:54
Minimum temperature = 1.2°C on day 29 at time 21:59
Maximum humidity = 95% on day 29 at time 07:34
Minimum humidity = 70% on day 29 at time 17:52
Maximum dewpoint = 5.5°C on day 29 at time 07:34
Minimum dewpoint = -2.8°C on day 29 at time 21:59
Maximum pressure = 1001.2 mb on day 29 at time 00:01
Minimum pressure = 989.4 mb on day 29 at time 06:49
Maximum windspeed = 15.0 mph on day 29 at time 14:19
Maximum gust speed = 28 mph from 315 °( NW) on day 29 at time 08:34
Maximum heat index = 6.7°C on day 29 at time 11:54

24hr Graph for 28th January 2010

Average temperature = 5.8°C
Average humidity = 82%
Average dewpoint = 3.0°C
Average barometer = 1013.4 mb
Average windspeed = 3.4 mph
Average gustspeed = 11.0 mph
Average direction = 278° ( W )
Rainfall for month = 56.7 mm
Rainfall for year = 56.7 mm
Rainfall for day = 0.0 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 0.0 mm on day 28 at time 23:50
Maximum temperature = 7.5°C on day 28 at time 13:40
Minimum temperature = 4.7°C on day 28 at time 06:44
Maximum humidity = 87% on day 28 at time 23:11
Minimum humidity = 77% on day 28 at time 15:50
Maximum dewpoint = 4.3°C on day 28 at time 13:40
Minimum dewpoint = 1.6°C on day 28 at time 6:33
Maximum pressure = 1019.7 mb on day 28 at time 00:15
Minimum pressure = 1001.5 mb on day 28 at time 23:50
Maximum windspeed = 10.4 mph on day 28 at time 23:36
Maximum gust speed = 18 mph from 270 °( W ) on day 28 at time 23:50
Maximum heat index = 7.5°C on day 28 at time 13:40

24hr Graph for 27th January 2010

Average temperature = 2.7°C
Average humidity = 88%
Average dewpoint = 0.9°C
Average barometer = 1030.2 mb
Average windspeed = 3.9 mph
Average gustspeed = 10.8 mph
Average direction = 284° (WNW)
Rainfall for month = 56.7 mm
Rainfall for year = 56.7 mm
Rainfall for day = 0.0 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 0.0 mm on day 27 at time 23:57
Maximum temperature = 7.5°C on day 27 at time 22:53
Minimum temperature = -2.2°C on day 27 at time 04:17
Maximum humidity = 93% on day 27 at time 22:34
Minimum humidity = 79% on day 27 at time 23:57
Maximum dewpoint = 6.1°C on day 27 at time 22:34
Minimum dewpoint = -4.3°C on day 27 at time 0:47
Maximum pressure = 1040.5 mb on day 27 at time 00:32
Minimum pressure = 1019.4 mb on day 27 at time 23:57
Maximum windspeed = 11.5 mph on day 27 at time 22:45
Maximum gust speed = 23 mph from 315 °( NW) on day 27 at time 22:42
Maximum heat index = 7.5°C on day 27 at time 22:53