Ambrì is a Swiss village in the municipality of Quinto, Leventina District, Canton of Ticino.
Ambrì | |
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Village | |
![]() The airport and the village of Ambrì | |
Coordinates: 46°30′40″N 8°42′2″E / 46.51111°N 8.70056°E | |
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Elevation | 1,003 m (3,291 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 6775 |
Area code | (+41) 091 |
Licence plate | TI |
Geography
editAmbrì is located in the Leventina Valley, upon the southwestern shore of Ticino river and below the Lepontine Alps, next to the neighboring village of Piotta. Other villages close to Ambrì are Rodi and Fiesso. It is 2 km far from Quinto, 7 from Airolo and 50 from Bellinzona.
Sports
editThe village is known throughout Switzerland for being home to National League (NL) team HC Ambrì-Piotta, that plays in the 6,500-seat Valascia, but is set to move into a new arena by 2021.
Ambrì is also a popular area for hiking.
Transport
editAmbrì also has its own airport, Ambrì Airport. The airport was a military one until 1994. Now it hosts events, flight school and more. But sometimes also domestic passenger flights.
Ambrì is served with hourly connections by Ambrì-Piotta station, on the Gotthard railway.
Weather
editClimate data for Quinto/Piotta/Ambri | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °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) |
Mean daily minimum °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) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76 (3.0) |
83 (3.3) |
96 (3.8) |
132 (5.2) |
161 (6.3) |
121 (4.8) |
114 (4.5) |
141 (5.6) |
139 (5.5) |
146 (5.7) |
133 (5.2) |
70 (2.8) |
1,413 (55.6) |
Average 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] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
External links
edit- Media related to Ambrì at Wikimedia Commons