ZAMG already made a final corrections of Monday´s extreme temperatures – while in St. Jakob in Defereggen was measured -24,0°C (the coldest Austrian place from populated areas), Lienz in East Tyrol surprised with the coldest temperature for 34 years!
Final minimum temperature in Lienz reached -23,5°C, what is the lowest value since extreme winter 1987, ZAMG moreover add, that only 11 days in all-time records have been colder.
The coldest day in Lienz in history was 23. January 1963, with temperature minimum -25,8°C, therefore, the city experienced with temperature only 2,5°C from all-time temperature record.
Currently, it´s only Monday, 11. January 2021, 23:00 and Lienz already reports temperature between -20/-21°C and St. Jakob in Defereggen between -22/-23°C, therefore it is possible, that the next night (or Tuesday´s morning) will be extremely cold, too, with very close temperature to all-time records.
It appears, that station Le Bréviene (1042 MASL) is valid for Switzerland and France both, therefore we corretct the information from previous article – both France and Switzerland were measured -28,0°C in low situated valleys and basins on Monday.
Extremely low temperatures in Central Europe and the Alpine Region. On 11 January the town of #Lienz in #Tyrol , #Austria recorded -23.5C, its lowest temperature since 1987. in Its current location since 1934 there have been only 11 colder days in over 86 years. https://t.co/1yPHp7ph8Fpic.twitter.com/Iy8IS6v6tc
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) January 11, 2021
