The country was gripped by arctic cold weather over the weekend. The coldest place was on the Glattalp in canton Schwyz on Sunday. Sat 4am the temperatures hit a low of minus 44.4 degrees.
But it won’t be counted as a record low as the thermometer is not 2 meters above ground due to the deep snow – so it can’t be considered a formal reading.
The record remains at La Brévine at minus 41.8 degrees in 2012.
Forecasters expect temperatures to start to rise significantly from tomorrow.
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