Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a new altitude record for the freezing point had been set a day earlier, climbing to 5,298 metres (17,381 feet) - well above Europe's very highest peaks including Mont Blanc, at 4,811 metres (15,784 feet). WMO figures show that this is 115 metres above the previous record of 25 July 2022 and the highest since measurements began in 1954. Chilling effect Ms. Nullis explained that the freezing level had been measured by a Meteo-Suisse weather balloon above Payerne in the western canton of Vaud.

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