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Fog report Fri, 12/1

Fog lid at 1,100 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 43 min. On the Swiss Plateau 25 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday 12 January 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 12/01/2024 · measured

Sun by altitude at 73 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Fri, 12/1.

Stations without a minute of sun: 28

  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • Oron828 m0 min
  • St. Gallen776 m0 min
  • Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 43 min
  • Titlis3,045 m8 h 37 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m8 h 35 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m8 h 34 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,200 m

All measurements of Fri, 12/1

Minutes of sun per hour at 73 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m29 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min0 min7 h 26 min
Titlis3,045 m48 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min8 h 37 min
Säntis2,501 m49 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min54 min8 h 43 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min7 h 39 min
Pilatus2,105 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min3 min7 h 35 min
Le Moléson1,974 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 33 min
La Dôle1,670 m34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 34 min
Chasseral1,594 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 35 min
Napf1,404 m31 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min56 min8 h 27 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min14 min5 h 39 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m21 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min36 min7 h 57 min
Chaumont1,136 m21 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min23 min7 h 44 min
Hörnli1,133 m38 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min52 min8 h 30 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min57 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min7 h 42 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min12 min0 min12 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min32 min35 min41 min35 min0 min0 min2 h 23 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min6 h 43 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m8 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min36 min7 h 44 min
Bantiger942 m10 min38 min28 min46 min55 min56 min60 min60 min51 min6 h 44 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min11 min0 min0 min0 min0 min11 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min5 min16 min46 min34 min55 min58 min25 min3 h 59 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min19 min46 min22 min1 min26 min1 min1 h 55 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min9 min7 min50 min53 min60 min53 min0 min3 h 52 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min18 min52 min10 min3 min29 min60 min31 min3 h 23 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min12 min57 min33 min53 min60 min56 min0 min0 min4 h 31 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min27 min6 h 22 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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