Fog report Wed, 12-16

Name: Fog report Wed, 2020-12-16: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,100–1,800 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 7 h 32 min. On the Swiss Plateau 18 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,800 mStation above 1,800 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 2020-12-16 · measured

Sun by altitude at 63 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Wed, 12-16.

Stations without a minute of sun: 19

Oron828 m0 min
Bière684 m0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min
Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
Bischofszell / Sitterdorf507 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m7 h 32 min
Hörnli1,133 m6 h 47 min
Einsiedeln911 m6 h 39 min
Jungfraujoch3,571 m6 h 8 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,900 m

All measurements of Wed, 12-16

Minutes of sun per hour at 63 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	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	32 min	4 min	6 h 8 min
Säntis2,501 m	33 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	7 h 32 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	21 min	38 min	30 min	28 min	11 min	48 min	26 min	3 h 22 min
Pilatus2,105 m	0 min	23 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	58 min	27 min	5 h 45 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	43 min	58 min	0 min	6 h 8 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	0 min	8 min	19 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	30 min
Napf1,404 m	2 min	30 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	13 min	5 h 37 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	36 min	60 min	60 min	41 min	40 min	7 min	4 h 4 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	22 min	22 min	51 min	37 min	0 min	2 h 12 min
Chaumont1,136 m	16 min	5 min	0 min	35 min	60 min	25 min	4 min	0 min	2 h 25 min
Hörnli1,133 m	19 min	46 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	42 min	6 h 47 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	45 min	0 min	0 min	6 min	0 min	2 h 53 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	60 min	58 min	18 min	0 min	2 h 17 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	17 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	51 min	43 min	0 min	4 h 49 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	6 min	23 min	58 min	60 min	54 min	24 min	60 min	1 min	4 h 46 min
Bantiger942 m	15 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	28 min	0 min	5 h 43 min
Einsiedeln911 m	6 min	46 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	6 h 39 min
Uetliberg854 m	29 min	8 min	57 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	21 min	5 h 55 min
Lägern845 m	16 min	0 min	49 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	30 min	5 h 35 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	17 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	7 min	5 h 24 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	42 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	29 min	20 min	4 h 28 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	20 min	55 min	60 min	47 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 2 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	12 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	34 min	0 min	5 h 46 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	48 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	4 min	4 h 52 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	10 min	3 min	10 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	29 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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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss