Fog report Thu, 01-02

Name: Fog report Thu, 2020-01-02: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 700–1,100 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 24 min. On the Swiss Plateau 23 of 33 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, January 2, 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 2020-01-02 · measured

Sun by altitude at 57 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Thu, 01-02.

Stations without a minute of sun: 28

Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
Interlaken578 m0 min
Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min
Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
Bischofszell / Sitterdorf507 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m8 h 24 min
Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 16 min
La Dôle1,670 m8 h 15 min
Chasseral1,594 m8 h 12 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,200 m

All measurements of Thu, 01-02

Minutes of sun per hour at 57 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	26 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	0 min	7 h 13 min
Säntis2,501 m	45 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	39 min	8 h 24 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	55 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	31 min	7 h 26 min
Pilatus2,105 m	31 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	0 min	7 h 29 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	30 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	46 min	8 h 16 min
La Dôle1,670 m	28 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	8 h 15 min
Chasseral1,594 m	30 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	42 min	8 h 12 min
Napf1,404 m	28 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	38 min	8 h 6 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	28 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	8 min	5 h 36 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	18 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	10 min	7 h 28 min
Chaumont1,136 m	19 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	0 min	7 h 15 min
Hörnli1,133 m	29 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	28 min	7 h 57 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	5 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	32 min	7 h 37 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	58 min	60 min	28 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 26 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	11 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	21 min	6 h 32 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	3 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	12 min	7 h 15 min
Bantiger942 m	14 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	19 min	7 h 33 min
Uetliberg854 m	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	44 min	12 min	7 h 30 min
Lägern845 m	26 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	18 min	7 h 40 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	33 min	60 min	54 min	50 min	60 min	60 min	27 min	0 min	5 h 44 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	3 min	51 min	23 min	60 min	40 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 57 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	7 min	44 min	60 min	18 min	2 h 9 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	37 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	26 min	7 h 1 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

For the press

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Measurements as CSV

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Source: MeteoSwiss