Switzerland records fourth warmest year on record

The year 2025 will be the fourth warmest on record in Switzerland since measurements began in 1864. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to Federal Office of Climatology and Meteorology (MeteoSwiss), the average annual temperature will be 1.2 degrees Celcius above the norm for the years 1991 to 2020. + Half world’s glaciers to disappear by 2100 Only the three previous years 2022 to 2024 were warmer, MeteoSwiss announced on Friday. As of last Wednesday, the national average annual temperature was seven degrees Celsius. Compared to pre-industrial times, the annual temperature in Switzerland is now three degrees Celsius higher. At the measurement sites in Andermatt and Grimsel Hospiz, it could even be the warmest year since measurements began, according to the data. + Why Switzerland is among the ten fastest warming countries The current year started with above-average temperatures from January to April. After the second warmest June since measurements ...