Switzerland Experienced Hottest Summer Ever In 2026

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The summer of 2026 was the hottest in Switzerland since records began. The average temperature for the period from June to August was 17.2°C, 0.4 degrees higher than that of summer of 2003, MétéoSuisse announced on Thursday. Select your language

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The national average temperature was also 3.4°C higher than that of the 1991–2020 reference period. The heatwave hit the north-west of the country particularly hard, with a difference of 4.0 degrees compared with the reference period.

The temperature also rose to 39.7°C on July 30 at the Basel-Binningen station, equalling the record high temperature recorded north of the Alps (in Geneva/Cointrin on July 7, 2015), as noted by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology in its Summer 2026 Climatological Bulletin.

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