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Fog report Thu, 16/10

Fog lid at 1,500–1,600 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 10 h 50 min. On the Swiss Plateau 5 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday 16 October 2025 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,600 mStation above 1,600 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 16/10/2025 · 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 Thu, 16/10.

Stations without a minute of sun: 13

  • Napf1,404 m0 min
  • Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min
  • Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
  • Einsiedeln911 m0 min
  • Langnau i.E.744 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m10 h 50 min
  • Titlis3,045 m10 h 49 min
  • Pilatus2,105 m10 h 31 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m10 h 29 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,700 m

All measurements of Thu, 16/10

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 ending8910111213141516171819Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min44 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min9 min0 min8 h 53 min
Titlis3,045 m13 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min36 min10 h 49 min
Säntis2,501 m15 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min35 min10 h 50 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min27 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min3 min9 h 30 min
Pilatus2,105 m6 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min60 min26 min10 h 31 min
Le Moléson1,974 m0 min52 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min10 h 29 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min0 min6 min39 min46 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min25 min7 h 55 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min1 min1 min2 min35 min60 min60 min60 min59 min35 min27 min5 h 40 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min0 min2 min52 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min17 min0 min6 h 11 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min7 min21 min30 min22 min25 min3 min1 h 48 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min2 min8 min35 min57 min53 min0 min2 h 37 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min1 min0 min0 min8 min26 min15 min57 min60 min60 min60 min17 min5 h 4 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min52 min58 min36 min0 min0 min2 h 26 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min15 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min0 min4 h 43 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min38 min55 min58 min42 min53 min60 min60 min60 min50 min13 min8 h 9 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 min22 min4 min32 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min42 min30 min47 min15 min2 h 14 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min10 min60 min60 min56 min58 min6 min4 h 10 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min7 min0 min0 min0 min0 min8 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min23 min40 min48 min30 min0 min0 min2 h 21 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min30 min60 min60 min16 min0 min2 h 46 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min30 min41 min46 min59 min60 min21 min4 h 18 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min28 min28 min60 min60 min60 min56 min6 min4 h 59 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min12 min57 min60 min34 min3 min2 h 47 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss