Heat Second hottest August in Switzerland since records began in 1864

This year, Switzerland has experienced the second hottest August since records began in 1864. The average temperature so far has been 17 degrees, 2.7 degrees above the 1991-2020 norm.

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30.08.2024, 14:57

30.08.2024, 15:05

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As MeteoSwiss announced on Friday, a new August record is likely to be set in Samedan GR with an average temperature of 14.5 degrees. That would be 0.3 degrees higher than in the hot summer of 2003.

A new record is also expected on the Jungfraujoch with a monthly average of 3.3 degrees. The previous record was 3.0 degrees. In Lugano, the monthly average of 24.8 degrees is likely to be the same as in 2003.