Sponsoring a high or low pressure system is a popular and rather unique gift for special occasions, birthdays, or Christmas. Many people use it as an opportunity to promote their interesting but little known first names. These are some of the more unusual names given in 2022: Spiro, Xilotzin, Bahrudin, Lavinia, Wisgard, or Emmelinde.

• Press release issued September 5, 2022, about the “Aktion Wetterpate” (in German)
• Website of “Aktion Wetterpate” (in German)
• Institute of Meteorology at Freie Universität Berlin