This Exploding Snowman Is Supposed to Predict the Weather

Chantal Panozzo

Originally from Chicago, Chantal Panozzo spent almost a decade in Switzerland. Her articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN Travel, Financial Times, Die Zeit, Vox, Vice, Curbed, Boston Magazine, Salon, and many others. She is the author of Swiss Life: 30 Things I Wish I'd Known and 99.9 Ways to Travel Switzerland Like a Local.

This Exploding Snowman Is Supposed to Predict the Weather

In order to predict the summer weather, the ever-practical Swiss turn not to the meteorologists of the world—but to the obliteration of snowmen.

April 11, 2018

Chantal Panozzo

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This Exploding Snowman Is Supposed to Predict the Weather