On Friday night, Switzerland experienced its lowest temperatures of the winter to date. Near Buffalora on the Ofen Pass in eastern Switzerland, the mercury dropped to -28°C (-18.4°F).
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It was also bitterly cold on the plains. At Ebnat-Kappel in canton St Gallen in the northeast, it was -15.8°C. Temperatures were also low in Egolzwil, canton Lucerne, in central Switzerland (-15.3°C), and in Tänikon, Thurgau (-15°C).
The reason for these freezing temperatures is the cold Arctic air coming directly from the North Pole, explains MeteoSwiss. Clear skies also contributed to these conditions.
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The lowest values were reached in the middle of the night. But as the second half of the night wore on, temperatures began to rise, with a bit of a breeze, reports private weather service Meteonews.
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