Exceptionally warm temperatures in Swiss lakes
Published: Friday, Aug 23rd 2024, 18:00
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The midsummer weather has driven the temperatures of Swiss lakes to unaccustomed heights. In mid-August, the average temperature of Lake Constance was 25.8 degrees, 3.5 degrees above the average value for the highest annual temperature since measurements began in 1983.
Lake Zurich also reached its highest temperature of 26.6 degrees on August 16, also 3.5 degrees above the average of the highest annual temperatures in the last 40 years, as MeteoSwiss reported on Friday. The lakes in Central Switzerland showed a similar picture. Lake Lucerne, which tends to be cooler, was 25.2 degrees on July 31.
The Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology reported that lake temperatures in German- and French-speaking Switzerland fell due to the cooler weather last weekend and the cooler start to the week.
On Friday, Lake Constance measured 23.2 degrees, Lake Zurich 25.3 degrees and Lake Lucerne 21.7 degrees. As the volume of water in the Swiss lakes is relatively low, their temperature can fluctuate up or down within a few hours depending on the wind.
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