Temperature record for September broken on Mount Pilatus

Swiss mountains are enduring unprecedented high temperatures. Mount Pilautus in canton Lucerne registered a record 21°C on Monday morning.

This content was published on September 4, 2023 - 15:42

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Récord de temperatura en septiembre en el Monte Pilatus

“The end of the line has not yet been reached,” wrote the weather service Meteonews on X, formerly Twitter

The previous record at Mount Pilatus was on September 14, 1987, and had been 19.4°C. Meteonews expects mountain stations to hit new monthly records. All-time records are not completely excluded.

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Temperature record for September broken on Mount Pilatus

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