Ambrì

Ambri is a town in the municipality of Quinto, Levintina, Switzerland. Other towns close to Ambri includes Piotta, Airolo and Fiesso.

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Sports

The town hosts the professional ice hockey team HC Ambri-Piotta. Ambri is also a popular are for hiking.

Airport

Ambri also has its own airport, Ambri Airport. The airport was a military one until 1994. Now it hosts events, flight school and more. But sometimes also domestic passenger flights.

Weather

Climate data for Quinto/Piotta/Ambri
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4)
3.7
(38.7)
6.9
(44.4)
10.3
(50.5)
15.3
(59.5)
19.5
(67.1)
22.2
(72.0)
21.1
(70.0)
17.9
(64.2)
13
(55)
5.8
(42.4)
2.5
(36.5)
11.7
(53.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −1.5
(29.3)
−0.3
(31.5)
2.6
(36.7)
6.1
(43.0)
10.3
(50.5)
14
(57)
16.6
(61.9)
15.5
(59.9)
12.5
(54.5)
8
(46)
2.6
(36.7)
−0.4
(31.3)
7.2
(45.0)
Average low °C (°F) −4.8
(23.4)
−3.8
(25.2)
−1.2
(29.8)
2.1
(35.8)
6
(43)
9.1
(48.4)
11.4
(52.5)
11
(52)
8.5
(47.3)
4.4
(39.9)
−0.6
(30.9)
−3.6
(25.5)
3.2
(37.8)
Precipitation mm (inches) 76
(2.99)
83
(3.27)
96
(3.78)
132
(5.2)
161
(6.34)
121
(4.76)
114
(4.49)
141
(5.55)
139
(5.47)
146
(5.75)
133
(5.24)
70
(2.76)
1,413
(55.63)
Avg. precipitation days 7.9 7.7 9.1 10 12.6 11 9.8 10.6 7.9 8.4 9.1 8.2 112.3
Source: MeteoSchweiz [1]

References

  1. ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html. Retrieved 8 May 2009.