Switzerland records warmest Christmas Eve since records began
Published: Sunday, Dec 24th 2023, 16:40
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This year, Switzerland recorded the warmest December 24th since records began. In Biasca TI, temperatures reached 21.8 degrees on Christmas Eve, according to the weather service SRF Meteo.
In Cevio in the Maggia Valley, temperatures climbed to 20.6 degrees on Sunday. It is the first time that the weather station has broken the 20-degree mark on a Christmas Day, as the weather service Meteonews announced on Sunday. However, both stations have only been in operation for a few years and cannot yet be used for a climate comparison, as SRF Meteo noted.
However, according to the weather services, records for the warmest 24 December were also measured at practically all other measurement locations in Ticino. At some of these measuring locations, the data goes back over 100 years. Stabio TI, for example, recorded temperatures of up to 18.9 degrees. The previous record for Christmas Eve from 2018 of 16.3 degrees was thus significantly exceeded.
According to SRF Meteo, there were also new highs for December 24 in southern Grisons, for example in Poschiavo with 15.6 degrees and in Sta. Maria with 11.8 degrees. There were also new records for Christmas Eve on the Ofen Pass and in Samedan in the Upper Engadine, with a value of 8.9 degrees.
Second record day
December temperature records had already been set in various places in Ticino on Saturday. In Locarno, temperatures reached 22.3 degrees, according to several weather services. This clearly broke the previous record of 20.9 degrees set on December 4, 1967.
In Biasca TI, 22.0 degrees were recorded, but the station there has only been in operation for a few years and therefore does not yet have any reliable climate statistics.
In Lugano, 21.3 degrees were measured, the only time it was warmer there was on December 5, 1931. A new December record was also set in Stabio near Chiasso TI with 20.6 degrees.
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