MeteoSwiss provides numerous types of information and data as a basis for climate analysis. It draws on its expertise to produce climatological reports and offer advisory services for past, current and future weather situations.
MeteoSwiss offers numerous services in the area of climate and climate change. On behalf of the Swiss government, the experts at MeteoSwiss collect comprehensive climate data, which they then analyse and use to draft climate reports and develop climate change scenarios. MeteoSwiss thereby provides the basis for developing measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and to manage extreme weather events.
Together with its partners, MeteoSwiss is continuously developing the climate bases and analyses so that authorities and decision-makers always have access to the information they need.
The MeteoSwiss website offers free access to a wide range of climate information that enables users to understand Switzerland’s current and changing climate.
The characteristics of Switzerland’s climate are described with the help of long-term averages, variations from these averages, as well as extreme and record values.
On the basis of the changes observed globally and in Switzerland, MeteoSwiss shows that climate change is happening, how Switzerland is being affected by it, and what risks it poses to the country. More specifically, information is provided on:
MeteoSwiss has a mandate from the federal government to produce climate change scenarios on a regular basis in order to show the possible impacts of climate change. The Swiss Climate Change Scenarios CH2018 clearly indicate where and how climate change will affect Switzerland, depending on how greenhouse gas emissions develop. The scenarios represent the current scientific findings on climate change in Switzerland and allow the most accurate climate projects yet for the country.
MeteoSwiss publishes numerous reports on weather and climate trends in Switzerland and provides access to data on the historical development of weather and climate: