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Lake Zürich (Zürisee) last froze in 1963. Videos: https://youtu.be/eauucwl6C24 https://youtu.be/eauucwl6C24 Short docu-film (DE) https://youtu.be/3_N-wWNXdmQ

Lake Zürich (Zürisee) last froze in 1963. Videos: https://youtu.be/eauucwl6C24 https://youtu.be/eauucwl6C24 Short docu-film (DE) https://youtu.be/3_N-wWNXdmQ https://youtu.be/3_N-wWNXdmQ More details (DE) https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/pd/de/index/stadtpolizei_zuerich/gewaesser/impressionen_historisches/besondere_ereignisse/seegfroerni_1962_1963.html https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/pd/de/index/stadtpolizei_zueric... Previous years with a frozen lake: > 1223 / 1259 / 1262 / 1407 / 1491 / 1514 / 1517 / 1573 / 1600 / 1660 / 1684 /1695 / 1709 / 1716 / 1718 / 1740 / 1755 / 1763 / 1789 / 1830 / 1880 / 1891 / 1895 / 1929 / 1963 It’s something I expect to never experience - but life can be surprising! —- Edit: would be interesting if there was a correlation between the years above and volcanic winters throughout history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter

sebmellen 6y ago
Do you know if lake Zug froze over as well? Having lived in the area for a while some time ago those videos are really interesting, pretty surprising, and even quite funny!
- philshem 6y ago
  Yes, seems in 1929 and 1963 as well. https://www.zg.ch/behoerden/staatskanzlei/staatsarchiv/publikationen/geschichte-n/downloads-personalziitig/downloads/personalziitig-47-2008/@@download/file/staatsarchiv_erzaehlt_47.pdf https://www.zg.ch/behoerden/staatskanzlei/staatsarchiv/publi... Here’s a funny old video from the Bodensee (Lake Constance): https://youtu.be/FX6HrNxYdd4 https://youtu.be/FX6HrNxYdd4
azepoi 6y ago
Lakes can also be subject to tsunamis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauredunum_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauredunum_event
- philshem 6y ago
  Wow, fascinating to learn