Fog report Tue, 12/5

Name: Fog report Tue, 12/05/2020: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,500–2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 11 h 22 min. On the Swiss Plateau 3 of 36 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday 12 May 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,000 mStation above 2,000 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 12/05/2020 · measured

Sun by altitude at 60 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Tue, 12/5.

Stations without a minute of sun: 7

Napf1,404 m0 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min
Luzern454 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m11 h 22 min
Hallau419 m10 h 49 min
Leibstadt341 m10 h 30 min
Würenlingen / PSI334 m9 h 32 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Tue, 12/5

Minutes of sun per hour at 60 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	46 min	60 min	60 min	54 min	25 min	29 min	37 min	49 min	43 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	6 h 43 min
Säntis2,501 m	26 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	11 h 22 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	4 min	44 min	34 min	0 min	0 min	46 min	56 min	32 min	20 min	7 min	5 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 10 min
Pilatus2,105 m	0 min	0 min	1 min	30 min	25 min	15 min	59 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	54 min	0 min	0 min	8 h 3 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	30 min	57 min	31 min	41 min	55 min	59 min	58 min	48 min	60 min	40 min	7 h 59 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 min	42 min	10 min	22 min	3 min	0 min	32 min	49 min	59 min	60 min	20 min	5 h 2 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	29 min	42 min	55 min	46 min	11 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 11 min
Napf1,404 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	18 min	1 min	10 min	23 min	21 min	2 min	10 min	18 min	22 min	5 min	4 min	2 h 14 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	37 min	18 min	7 min	0 min	18 min	17 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 39 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	4 min	22 min	2 min	21 min	50 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	3 min	0 min	6 min	27 min	26 min	44 min	17 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	2 h 5 min
Lägern845 m	26 min	28 min	0 min	1 min	4 min	28 min	46 min	43 min	35 min	38 min	47 min	28 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 24 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	6 min	18 min	5 min	7 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	38 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	11 min	4 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	21 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	26 min	32 min	52 min	30 min	23 min	24 min	0 min	0 min	16 min	32 min	0 min	3 h 55 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	2 min
Rünenberg611 m	20 min	50 min	6 min	3 min	25 min	27 min	21 min	27 min	51 min	56 min	35 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 24 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	12 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	7 min	26 min	21 min	24 min	51 min	40 min	49 min	37 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 29 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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