Record temperature in the Swiss Alps: daily sun in January

According to the Swiss press, the thermometers in the town of Delemont, in the canton of Jura, in the north of the country, registered 20.9 degrees on January 1, which was recorded as “the highest January temperature of all times in northern Switzerland”. Alps”.

The previous January temperature record north of the Alps was 19.4 degrees on January 12, 1993 in the canton of Lucerne.

The highest January temperature in Switzerland was recorded in the cantons of Locarno in the south and Lugona in 1944 with 24 degrees in 2007.

The Swiss Meteorological Institute announced that the record high temperature in Delemont was caused by hot winds blowing from the southwest and hot, dry winds from the Jura mountains, also known as foehn winds.

Stating that the mild weather in western Europe is caused by warm air coming from the Atlantic in eastern Florida, the Swiss Meteorological Institute pointed out that the same situation was experienced last year. (AA)