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This is not limited to Switzerland, but to all the alpine regions in Europe; i.e., also France, Germany, and Austria. Only northern Italy seems to have faired a little bit better, but that is just meteorological luck.

We had a normal beginning of December, but now it's been easily February weather for a couple weeks and forecast isn't any different. Temperatures in Rome last week were more typical of Easter than Christmas; northern Italy was not as extreme only because it's cloudy.

Temperatures reached 20°C in south France, I've even been bitten by mosquitoes (to my surprise, no tiger ones), and did killed a few. What used to be a rare occurrence even in summer, happens during the supposed coolest months.

As someone who loves winter, this is sad but I guess it's just going to be a new reality...

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/winter-season-2...

This Polar Vortex weirdness is what I've been hearing about.

Yes, the jet stream is currently making whole central europe very warm, since before christmas.

+8 in Verbier today. Uhf