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Switzerland set for cold snap this week

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:57:59 +0100

After several days of relatively mild temperatures, snow in the plains and a cold snap are expected in Switzerland in the next few days.

Bye-bye winter: Switzerland saves coldest until last

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:29:42 +0100

The worst of the bitter cold spell that has enveloped Switzerland is over.

Zoos protect animals as cold snap strikes Switzerland

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:15:31 +0100

Zoos around Switzerland have taken measures to protect animals used to far warmer climes as the country shivers through the coldest days recorded so far this winter.

Temperatures plummet to minus 27 in notorious 'Swiss Siberia'

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:25:49 +0100

Switzerland has just shivered through its coldest night of the winter so far with the lowest temperature anywhere a painful -30.8C on Alp Hintergräppelen in the canton of St Gallen. This was registered just before sunrise at 7.40 am on Tuesday, according to SRF Meteo.

Surviving the big Swiss chill: myths and facts about cold weather

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:45:47 +0100

As snow descends over Switzerland this December, The Local examines some facts and myths about the cold, and offers some tips for coping with it.

Temperatures drop as ‘bise’ wind hits Switzerland

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:56:56 +0100

Winds of more than 100km/hr tore across parts of the country on Monday, making the already chilly air feel even more frigid.

Winter is coming: first frost hits Swiss cities

Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:15:06 +0200

After a particularly mild autumn to date, Switzerland experienced its first frost of the season this week as temperatures fell below zero in many low-lying parts of the country.

Switzerland’s Siberia readies for ‘cold festival’

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:05:00 +0100

A valley known as the Siberia of Switzerland for its bone-chilling winters is celebrating the fact with its third annual "festival of the cold".

Record set as mercury plunges to minus 31

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:49:00 +0100

If you felt chillier than usual in Switzerland last night you weren’t imagining it — Tuesday night was in fact the coldest night so far this year with temperatures sinking as low as minus 31 degrees in parts of the country.

Swiss temperature plunges to -35.1 degrees

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:00 +0100

Swiss temperatures plunged to minus 35.1 degrees Celsius in the eastern Graubünden canton on Sunday night, weather agency MeteoSwiss said, the lowest figure recorded so far this year.