Snowfall in winter

The Weather Service warned us

The new year started with temperatures below freezing. So, the first snow of winter arrived - not a lot, but just a little. During the week, the German Weather Service (DWD) announced that heavy snow was expected over the weekend, with repeated thawing and freezing, making everything extremely slippery. As a result, schools in Lower Saxony (the federal state which lays northern of us) were closed on Friday. To be safe, I worked from home that day.

Surprising reality

As it turned out, the storm was far less severe than initially feared. Even though train services were suspended in some parts of the country (which happens every winter anyway), people managed just fine. Of course, I can only speak for Laer (my village), but once the snowplows had cleared the roads, it was actually quite nice: a white landscape, sunshine, and roads that weren’t even very slippery. Our driveway stayed icy for a while longer, but even that wasn’t too bad.

Personally, I’m enjoying the weather. The white landscape looks amazing, and in recent years, there’s been far too little snow. I just took a photo so you can see how “much” snow we got. This way, winter is actually quite bearable.

If it’s snowed where you are, enjoy the weather! If you’ve had problematic amounts of snow, I wish you good luck getting through it. Now, I’m off to scrape the ice off my car.