Switzerland's high, low, and average temp in a year?

Question

Switzerland's high, low, and average temp in a year?

Answer 1

Geneva

Records and Averages - Geneva Geneva Forecast  

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Month Avg.

High Avg.

Low Avg.

Precip.

January 38.0? F 28.0? F 2.90 in

February 42.0? F 30.0? F 2.90 in

March 49.0? F 33.0? F 2.90 in

April 56.0? F 38.0? F 2.40 in

May 64.0? F 45.0? F 2.80 in

June 71.0? F 51.0? F 3.30 in

July 76.0? F 53.0? F 2.60 in

August 75.0? F 52.0? F 3.10 in

September 69.0? F 48.0? F 3.10 in

October 57.0? F 42.0? F 2.90 in

November 46.0? F 35.0? F 3.50 in

December 40.0? F 30.0? F 3.20 in

Zurich

Records and Averages - Zurich Zurich Forecast  

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Month Avg.

High Avg.

Low

January 37.0? F 27.0? F

February 40.0? F 28.0? F

March 49.0? F 34.0? F

April 55.0? F 38.0? F

May 65.0? F 46.0? F

June 70.0? F 52.0? F

July 75.0? F 56.0? F

August 74.0? F 55.0? F

September 68.0? F 50.0? F

October 56.0? F 43.0? F

November 45.0? F 34.0? F

December 39.0? F 30.0? F

Answer 2

Depends on where you measure the temperature. There are extreme cold spots in winter. But let's take Zurich as an example in an average year. Towns like Basel, Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, Lausanne and Geneva have equivalent temperatures. Only the southern part of Switzerland (Lugano, near Italy) is about 3°C warmer in average.

low: -15°C (january, february)

high: +33°C (july, august)

average: 10 - 15°C

extreme value: -41.8°C in La Brévine, january 1987 (north western part, near France)

Engadin (south eastern part, near Austria): -35°C in winter, and in the summer months it's no rarity there is also snow.