The ten day spell of icy weather that has swept across most of Switzerland is running out of steam as the warm Foehn wind starts to blow northward over the Alps. According to MeteoNews between now and Sunday, temperatures should turn positive across the plateau. Today saw large temperature differences across Switzerland. Valais got a taste […]
Winds of over 150 km/h battered parts of Switzerland last night
Winds above 150 km/h hit Switzerland last night as winter storm “Egon” swept across the country, according to Vincent Devantay of MeteoNews. The strongest winds were recorded at Säntis (154 km/h), Pilatus (147 km/h), Chasseral (144 km/h), Saint-Chrischona (139 km/h) and La Dôle (132 km/h). These are all relatively high mountain peaks with the exception […]
Switzerland’s summer to continue until mid next week
20 Minutes. Summer temperatures are set to continue in Switzerland. Today the temperature in Locarno in Ticino reached 30 degrees. Roger Perret from Meteonews said “It is extraordinarily hot for this time of the year.” Summer weather conditions look set to prevail across nearly all of Switzerland for most of next week. Meteonews, Meteoblue and Meteo Swiss all […]
