The cold snap is due to a clear and windless night as well as polar air from Greenland as the weather Meteonews and MeteoGroup said on Wednesday morning. It was the coldest Morning in the still-young winter season and the frostiest Morning in February 2018.
On the Glattalp in Muotathal SZ Siberian -36,5 degree were measured. It was the only measurement point with a temperature of under -30 degrees. In the higher Alpine valleys, but there were consistently two-digit minus values. In La Brévine NE, Andermatt, UR, Samedan, GR, Ulrichen, VS and Buffalora/furnace pass GR the temperatures were in the early Morning under -20 degrees.
The lowest temperature of the flat country stations below 800 meters above sea level, Ilanz, GR, recorded with a fall of 9.7 degrees. Frost-free, it remained only at the Lago Maggiore in Ticino. The cold is supposed to continue until Sunday. Still, December is likely to be much too warm. With warm-up starting on Sunday of the calendar year 2018 will start probably the warmest since Measuring, writes MeteoGroup Switzerland in its communication. (aqie/SDA)
Created: 12.12.2018, 09:28 PM
