Hörnli
Mountain in Switzerland
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Hörnli mountain is located on the territory of the community of Fischenthal, in the Zürcher Oberland, in the eastern part of canton of Zurich, in Switzerland. It is 1,133 meters (3,717 ft) high.
| Hörnli | |
|---|---|
Hörnli as seen from Bachtel (March 2007) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,133 m (3,717 ft) |
| Coordinates | 47°22′16″N 8°56′16″E |
| Geography | |
  Hörnli Location in Switzerland  Hörnli Location in the canton of Zurich | |
| Location | Canton of Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Parent range | Swiss Prealps (Appenzell Alps) |
North of the Hörnli, at an altitude 992 meters (3,255 ft), the Dreiländerstein (lit. 'stone of the three lands') marks the meeting of the boundaries of the three cantons of Zurich, 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.[1]
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 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 34 | 35 | 39 | 42 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 44 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 41 |
| Source 1: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: MeteoSwiss[3] | |||||||||||||
