Switzerland has a continental climate. Switzerland’s summers are warm, and its winters are cold.[1]
Temperature records
The highest temperature ever recorded in Switzerland was 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) on 11 August 2003 in Grono.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Switzerland was −41.8 °C (−43.2 °F) on 12 January 1987 in La Brévine.
Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Zürich
Highest
| Temperature
|
Date
|
| 37.7 °C (99.9 °F)
|
29 July 1947
|
| 37.2 °C (99.0 °F)
|
28 July 1921
|
| 37.1 °C (98.8 °F)
|
30 July 1947
|
| 36.7 °C (98.1 °F)
|
13 July 1949
|
| 36.5 °C (97.7 °F)
|
11 August 2003
|
Lowest
| Temperature
|
Date
|
| −24.2 °C (−11.6 °F)
|
12 February 1929
|
| −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F)
|
10 February 1956
|
| −21.1 °C (−6.0 °F)
|
11 February 1956
|
| −20.8 °C (−5.4 °F)
|
12 January 1987
|
| −20.4 °C (−4.7 °F)
|
2 February 1956
|
Highest & lowest temperatures measured in Geneva
Highest
| Rank
|
Temperature
|
Date
|
| 1.
|
39.7 °C (103.5 °F)
|
7 July 2015
|
| 2.
|
39.3 °C (102.7 °F)
|
24 August 2023
|
| 3.
|
38.3 °C (100.9 °F)
|
4 August 2022
|
| 4.
|
38.1 °C (100.6 °F)
|
19 July 2022
|
| 5.
|
37.9 °C (100.2 °F)
|
5 July 2015
|
| 6.
|
37.8 °C (100.0 °F)
|
20 July 2003
|
| 7.
|
37.6 °C (99.7 °F)
|
13 August 2003
|
| 8.
|
37.5 °C (99.5 °F)
|
16 July 2015
|
| 9.
|
37.4 °C (99.3 °F)
|
11 July 2023, 11 August 2003
|
| 10.
|
37.2 °C (99.0 °F)
|
22 July 2022, 12 August 2003
|
Lowest
| Temperature
|
Date
|
| −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F)
|
15 February 1956
|
| −19.9 °C (−3.8 °F)
|
13 January 1968
|
| −18.9 °C (−2.0 °F)
|
9 January 1985
|
| −18.9 °C (−2.0 °F)
|
25 January 1963
|
| −18.2 °C (−0.8 °F)
|
5 February 1963
|
Highest temperatures measured in Basel
Highest
| Temperature
|
Date
|
| 39.0 °C (102.2 °F)
|
2 July 1952
|
| 38.7 °C (101.7 °F)
|
29 July 1947
|
| 38.7 °C (101.7 °F)
|
21 August 1943
|
| 38.6 °C (101.5 °F)
|
13 August 2003
|
| 38.6 °C (101.5 °F)
|
28 July 1921
|
References
This page was last edited on 11 July 2024, at 19:27
