Fog report Sun, 18/12

Name: Fog report Sun, 18/12/2022: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 900–1,100 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Le Moléson with 7 h 50 min. On the Swiss Plateau 23 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Sunday 18 December 2022 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,100 mStation above 1,100 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 18/12/2022 · measured

Sun by altitude at 71 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Sun, 18/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 25

Lägern845 m0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
Thun570 m0 min
Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Le Moléson1,974 m7 h 50 min
La Dôle1,670 m7 h 44 min
Napf1,404 m7 h 30 min
Pilatus2,105 m7 h 21 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,200 m

All measurements of Sun, 18/12

Minutes of sun per hour at 71 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	38 min	0 min	7 h 10 min
Säntis2,501 m	49 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	27 min	30 min	7 min	6 h 53 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	1 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	60 min	9 min	7 h 5 min
Pilatus2,105 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	58 min	60 min	50 min	0 min	7 h 21 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	54 min	60 min	60 min	29 min	7 h 50 min
La Dôle1,670 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	9 min	7 h 44 min
Chasseral1,594 m	36 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	36 min	50 min	32 min	7 min	6 h 34 min
Napf1,404 m	33 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	60 min	58 min	50 min	10 min	7 h 30 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	35 min	60 min	60 min	54 min	60 min	58 min	0 min	5 h 27 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	21 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	43 min	60 min	60 min	31 min	0 min	6 h 35 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	6 min	21 min	60 min	59 min	44 min	43 min	32 min	0 min	4 h 25 min
Hörnli1,133 m	37 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	20 min	32 min	7 min	6 h 36 min
La Brévine1,050 m	0 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	49 min	58 min	60 min	37 min	0 min	6 h 22 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	10 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	59 min	49 min	0 min	6 h 54 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	60 min	60 min	16 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 16 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	16 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	46 min	60 min	54 min	0 min	5 h 54 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	8 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	41 min	2 min	6 h 46 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	12 min	55 min	60 min	60 min	45 min	47 min	51 min	3 min	5 h 33 min
Einsiedeln911 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	46 min	40 min	6 min	0 min	5 h 34 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	9 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	26 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 34 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Oron828 m	9 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	40 min	55 min	60 min	44 min	0 min	6 h 28 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	44 min	0 min	5 h 14 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	59 min	49 min	24 min	0 min	2 h 15 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m	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	33 min	60 min	60 min	38 min	0 min	3 h 11 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	24 min	2 min	1 min	54 min	52 min	59 min	43 min	0 min	3 h 55 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	25 min	60 min	50 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 15 min
Rünenberg611 m	1 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	33 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 31 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min

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

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