Hörnli

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Hörnli
Hörnli.JPG
Hörnli as seen from Bachtel (March 2007)
Highest point
Elevation1,133 m (3,717 ft)
Prominence178 m (584 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates47°22′16″N 8°56′16″E / 47.37111°N 8.93778°E / 47.37111; 8.93778Coordinates: 47°22′16″N 8°56′16″E / 47.37111°N 8.93778°E / 47.37111; 8.93778
Geography
Hörnli is located in Switzerland
Hörnli
Hörnli
Location in Switzerland
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 , 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 .[1]

Climate[]

hideClimate data for Hörnli (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 1.6
(34.9) 		1.6
(34.9) 		4.8
(40.6) 		9.3
(48.7) 		13.9
(57.0) 		17.0
(62.6) 		19.6
(67.3) 		18.8
(65.8) 		14.8
(58.6) 		10.9
(51.6) 		5.3
(41.5) 		2.3
(36.1) 		10.0
(50.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.9
(30.4) 		−0.8
(30.6) 		1.8
(35.2) 		5.1
(41.2) 		9.7
(49.5) 		12.7
(54.9) 		15.1
(59.2) 		14.9
(58.8) 		11.3
(52.3) 		7.8
(46.0) 		2.7
(36.9) 		0.0
(32.0) 		6.6
(43.9)
Average low °C (°F) −3.4
(25.9) 		−3.2
(26.2) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		2.1
(35.8) 		6.5
(43.7) 		9.4
(48.9) 		11.8
(53.2) 		11.8
(53.2) 		8.6
(47.5) 		5.3
(41.5) 		0.4
(32.7) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		3.9
(39.0)
Average relative humidity (%) 75 76 76 73 74 75 75 77 82 81 81 78 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 90 96 122 141 161 174 212 195 150 120 81 67 1,608
Source: MeteoSwiss [2]

See also[]

  • Way of St. James (route descriptions)
  • Way of St. James
  • St. James
  • Swiss plateau

References[]

  1. ^ "Wanderland.ch". Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  2. ^ "Climate Norm Value Tables". Climate diagrams and normals from Swiss measuring stations. Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss). Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013. The weather station elevation is meters above sea level.

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