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Mountain in Switzerland For the Hörnli ridge on the Matterhorn, see Matterhorn.
Hörnli
Hörnli as seen from Bachtel (March 2007)
Highest point
Elevation1,133 m (3,717 ft)
Coordinates47°22′16″N 8°56′16″E / 47.37111°N 8.93778°E / 47.37111; 8.93778
Geography
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LocationZurich, Switzerland
Parent rangeSwiss Prealps

Hörnli mountain is located on the territory of the community of Fischenthal, in the Zürcher Oberland, in the eastern part of canton of Zürich, in Switzerland. It is 1,133 meters (3,717 ft) high.

North of the Hörnli, the Dreiländerstein, altitude 992 meters (3,255 ft), marks the meeting of the boundaries of the three Cantons of Zürich, St.Gallen and Thurgau.

Already in the Middle Ages, the so-called Schwabenweg, led over the Hörnli, as a part of the Way of St. James. Since 2008, it is an integrated stretch of the Kreuzlingen branch on the Via Jacobi, registered on the official Swiss national trekking path nr. 4, signalled as leg Fischingen–Rapperswil on Wanderland Schweiz.

Climate

Climate data for Hörnli, elevation 1,133 m (3,717 ft), (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4) 		2.0
(35.6) 		5.7
(42.3) 		10.0
(50.0) 		14.3
(57.7) 		17.8
(64.0) 		19.7
(67.5) 		19.4
(66.9) 		14.8
(58.6) 		10.9
(51.6) 		5.9
(42.6) 		2.9
(37.2) 		10.4
(50.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		2.4
(36.3) 		6.1
(43.0) 		10.1
(50.2) 		13.6
(56.5) 		15.5
(59.9) 		15.5
(59.9) 		11.4
(52.5) 		7.8
(46.0) 		3.2
(37.8) 		0.3
(32.5) 		7.1
(44.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −3.1
(26.4) 		−3.1
(26.4) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		2.7
(36.9) 		6.6
(43.9) 		10.1
(50.2) 		12.0
(53.6) 		12.2
(54.0) 		8.6
(47.5) 		5.2
(41.4) 		0.7
(33.3) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		4.1
(39.4)
Average relative humidity (%) 77 76 75 72 75 75 74 76 81 81 80 78 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 82.8 91.8 131.1 158.2 169.9 188.1 210.4 200.0 153.2 116.7 79.2 69.7 1,651.1
Percent possible sunshine 34 35 39 42 40 43 48 50 44 39 32 31 41
Source 1: NOAA
Source 2: MeteoSwiss

See also

References

  1. "Wanderland.ch". Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  2. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. "Climate Normals Hörnli (Reference period 1991−2020)" (PDF). Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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