Snowfall November snow records thanks to depression "Caetano"

The heavy snowfall has led to record snow cover for November in various places in German-speaking Switzerland. In Lucerne, 42 centimetres of fresh snow were measured, in Glarus 36 centimetres and in Zurich and Basel 28 centimetres each.

All of these are November records for the affected locations, MeteoSwiss announced on Friday. The same amount or even more snow - although not a record amount - was recorded in Engelberg OW with 42 centimetres, in Andermatt UR with 45 centimetres and in Bosco Gurin in north-western Ticino with 58 centimetres. It also snowed in Locarno TI: on Friday morning, the measurement there was 15 centimetres.

Low pressure system "Caetano" was responsible for the heavy snowfall on Thursday afternoon and during the night into Friday. It passed right over Switzerland, as MeteoSwiss further explained. With the passage of the depression, there were also stormy winds, especially on the mountains. The maximum value was recorded on the Jungfraujoch, with a wind speed of 198 kilometers per hour.

SDA