The night the Berlin Wall opened
9 November 1989 · 23:30 · Berlin, Germany
Late that evening the crossing at Bornholmer Straße opened, and East Berliners walked through to the West. The weather and the sky of Berlin that night.
The weather that day
- 4.2 to 8.9 °C, rain, 1.3 mm of rain.
- A southwest wind, 13 km/h on average, and pressure from 1012 to 1023 hPa.
The sky
- Sunrise at 07:17, sunset at 16:23.
- The moon: waxing gibbous, 84% lit.
Its name
Ortombre Reel: The barometer rising, and a thin rain: autumn in Berlin.
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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.