City’s 31 cm most snow in 30 years, followed by frosty temperatures
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva’s Cointrin International Airport re-opened Thursday morning 2 December at 06:00 and by 08:00 flights were mostly back to normal. Airport officials warn passengers to arrive two hours early, nevertheless, and suggest taking public transport rather than driving.
The city is still digging itself out, as is most of the region on the west and north sides of Lake Geneva, after heavy snow Tuesday night and Wednesday 1 December. Geneva had 31 cm of snow, the most it has seen since 1979, when 23 cm fell 4 January. The record snowfall for one day for the city was in 1895, 25 February, when 58 cm of snow landed on the city.
Temperatures fell to nearly -6C in Geneva in the early hours of Thursday.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 2 December 2010.
Tags: Geneva, Lake Geneva region, record, snow, temperatures, weather
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:29 am
Is Geneva’s airport going to be closed tomorrow Friday Dec 3, 2010
December 2nd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Thank you very much KLM staff at the airport you very much for being very understanding and kind to us on Wednesday 1st December.
Your warm and touching handling of stranded passagers was exceptionally good!
December 3rd, 2010 at 7:54 am
The airport is open Friday morning. Best is to check their departures/arrivals page: http://www.gva.ch/en/Desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-11/
December 4th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
[...] 2010, under Uncategorized Denne uken kom det 31 cm med snø fra tirsdag til onsdag, og ifølge Genevalunch er dette det meste som har kommet siden 1979 når det kom 23 cm med snø. Jeg innser at 23 cm er [...]