This report describes the historical weather record at the Tegel International Airport (Berlin, Germany) during 1997. This station has records back to February 1949.

Berlin has a humid continental climate with warm summers and no dry season. The area within 25 mi of this station is covered by croplands (71%), grasslands (14%), built-up areas (13%), and lakes and rivers (2%)

Daylight saving time (DST) was observed at Berlin during 1997. There were two time changes during 1997:

1997 was not a leap year, so it has 365 days and no February 29th. The first leap year before 1997 was 1996 and the first after was 2000.

The summer and winter solstices and the spring and fall equinoxes mark the passing of the seasons. They fall on nearly the same day each year, with differences of a day or two depending on the year. In 1997 they occurred on:

Spring Equinox	Thursday, 20 March 1997.
Summer Solstice	Saturday, 21 June 1997.
Fall Equinox	Monday, 22 September 1997.
Winter Solstice	Sunday, 21 December 1997.

This station did not reliably report air temperature during

1997.

This station did not reliably report the cloud coverage during

1997.

This station did not reliably report precipitation observations or quantitative liquid-equivalent precipitation measurements during 1997.

Either snow is exceptionally rare at this location or this station did not reliably report it during 1997.

This station did not reliably report relative humidity during 1997.

This station did not reliably report the dew point during 1997.

This station did not reliably report the wind speed or direction during 1997.

This station did not reliably report the visibility during 1997.

This station did not reliably report the cloud ceiling during 1997.