Typisches Bayrisches Sommerwetter

We've been joking for years about typisches Bayrisches Sommerwetter, when it's rainy and chilly and you have to wear a jacket in JUNE, of all months.

Turns out it's no joke, but a real thing, with a real name: Schafskälte (Sheep's cold). It's caused by weather patterns that pretty reliably import cold air from the north, and it's called "Sheep's cold" because the sheep have already been shorn and now they're cold just like the rest of us. 

Baaaa or brrrr? Shorn sheep near Woerthsee

Rainy weather occasionally has benefits

This year, the typical summer weather has been enhanced by flooding.

Flooded field N. of Mauern

Flooded Amper in Grafrath

Flooded field near Amper and Ammersee

Flooded trails near Amper

Clouds over the Woerthsee after a thunderstorm

Thunderstorms ain't gonna stop a Gau (region) fest