Dresden trees in danger: Citizens urgently have to water!

Dresden trees in danger: Citizens urgently have to water!

Dresden, Deutschland - In Dresden, the signs are drought! Despite the recently fallen thunderstorms, the city suffered from an extreme drought. The meteorological data speak a clear language: According to the current measurements of the German Weather Service (DWD), only 63% of the usual precipitation fell in spring, between March and May 2025. This Situation is worrying, because only in 2020 and 2022 were even drier than the year 2025, and the past winter also brought us just 76% of the usual moist weather. As the Sächsische Zeitung reports particularly the north and northeastern Dresden suffer.

A total of 95% of all measuring points in the low water range show alarming values, while 80% of the 280 Saxon measuring points fall below the monkey -typical groundwater level by 43 cm. This is particularly dramatic when you consider that May 2025 was the fourth too dry month this year. Strong wind and intensive sunlight also contribute to the continued drought, which, according to the environmental department head René Herold, is concerned about many of the city trees.

The call to Citizens' Aid

The city administration calls the Dresdeners to carefully water newly planted trees. At least 60 to 100 liters of water per tree and watering passage are recommended. In the past five years, numerous city trees have already died due to the ongoing drought. In the large garden, around 300 of a total of 19,000 trees were felled in spring 2025, and in the Blasewitz forest park did not survive a total of 2,000 trees in a period of two years.

A look at the numbers once again makes the urgency clear: February 2023 recorded only 12 liters of water per square meter as the dryest month; Usually it would be over 30 liters. With the current values ​​that stand compared to the rainfall between 1991 and 2020, it becomes clear that the drought is not a short -term appearance. According to the DWD, thunderstorms and showers are in prospect for the coming days, but there is no longer rainy period.

A look over the borders

But Dresden is not only in this challenge. In Germany, farmers also struggle with uncertainties due to the increasing drought. Artificial irrigation has become essential in many places, since the moisture in the upper layers of the soil continues to decrease and many plants urgently need water. This climate phenomenon is caused by the general global warming, which has now increased by about two degrees. According to the Deutschlandfunk, the situation is serious; Prognostized drought and increasing risk of forest fire.

The federal warnings before the ecological consequences of dryness underline the weakening of our ecosystems and the need for measures to restore damaged habitats. This challenge not only affects the local landscape, but is embedded in an extensive climate pattern that affects Europe as a whole.