Wet, but warm spring

It may have been wet this spring - it was warm.

Forecasters say average temperatures were 1.5 and 2 degrees higher than the seasonal average measured between 1961 and 1990. 

Local records were also broken, with highs reaching 23.4 in Basel in March.

With the heat – there was also record rainfall, which was much needed after a dry winter. 

Central and Eastern areas of the country were the wettest.

Forecasters say it’s too early to predict what sort of summer we will have.

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