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Phenological observations
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss phenology network consists of 170 stations. Some 26 different plant species are observed in order to describe the vegetation development. On the basis of this informat...
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Measurement values wind gust 1 s, 10 min maximum
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Wind gust 1 s, 10 min [km/h]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monito...
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Measurement values wind speed, 10 min mean
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Wind speed, 10 min [km/h]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monitorin...
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Visual meteorological observations
Regions and cities, Environment
The information on current weather events is supplemented by visual human observations. The atmospheric conditions around the observation site are described in detail. Visual ob...
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Hail hazard on a reference area of 100m2: hail size with 10-year return period
Regions and cities, Environment
The hail hazard maps show statistically estimated return values of the hailstone size LEHA-100 for the 10-year return period. LEHA-100 describes the largest hailstone size to be...
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Climate normals temperature 1961-1990
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of temperature over the norm period 1961-1990. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Swiss temperature mean
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss temperature mean describes the temperature measured on average across the entire area of the country and at the various altitudes of Switzerland. The mean has been ava...
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Geopotential height of the 850 hPa-surface, 10 min mean
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Geopotential height 850 hPa, 10 min [gpm]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the aut...
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Observations for aviation
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss is responsible for flight safety from a meteorological perspective and makes an important contribution to aviation safety with its meteorological readings. The high v...
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Climate normals precipitation 1961-1990
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of precipitation over the norm period 1961-1990. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Atmosphere stations
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss monitors the atmosphere and measures its properties and composition. To do so, it uses various instruments and methods, including radio soundings, remote sensing devi...
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Climate suitability map for agriculture - Cultivated land
Regions and cities, Environment
The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categorie...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Cultivated land
Regions and cities, Environment
On the soil suitability map, each mapping unit has a code consisting of an uppercase letter and a number. The letters stand for 25 different physiographical units. The numbers r...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Permeability
Regions and cities, Environment
Permeability is measured using saturated soil core samples in the laboratory. Observations in the field highlighted a relationship between precipitation, permeability and morpho...
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Demand for irrigation
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
Long-term 33% quantile of relative evapotranspiration (ratio of current to potential evapotranspiration ET/ETp) for agriculturally productive areas of Switzerland. Calculation f...
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Climate suitability map for agriculture - Maize
Regions and cities, Environment
The four sheets of the map, which has a scale of 1:200,000, show an overall evaluation of the climatic conditions and restrictions for agriculture, broken down into 20 categorie...
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Stations of the national pollen monitoring network
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss operates the national pollen monitoring network. This consists of automatic and manual monitoring stations which cover Switzerland's most important climatic and veget...
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Number of hail days
Regions and cities, Environment
The data contain the monthly and yearly number of hail days and the long-term average number of hail days per year or per month of the summer half-year (April to September), per...
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Measurement values foehn index, 10 min
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Foehn index, 10 min [index]. The foehn index is only available for the stations shown, and is updated every 10 minutes. Foehn wind is recorded only...
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Manual snow- and precipitation stations
Regions and cities, Environment
In addition to its automatic precipitation measurements, MeteoSwiss also operates a manual precipitation monitoring network. Measurements are taken here once a day and transmitt...
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Hail hazard on a reference area of 100m2: hail size with 20-year return period
Regions and cities, Environment
The hail hazard maps show statistically estimated return values of the hailstone size LEHA-100 for the 20-year return period. LEHA-100 describes the largest hailstone size to be...
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Weather stations of the automatic monitoring network
Regions and cities, Environment
SwissMetNet, the automatic monitoring network of MeteoSwiss, comprises about 160 automatic monitoring stations. These stations deliver a multitude of current data on the weather...
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Measurement values global radiation, 10 min mean
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Global radiation, 10 min [W/m2]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic mon...
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Measurement values air temperature 2 m, Instantaneous Value
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Temperature 2 m, 10 min [°C]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monito...
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Climate normals sunshine duration 1991-2020
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of relative sunshine duration over the norm period 1991-2020. Source: MeteoSwiss