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Fog report Fri, 10-08

Fog lid at 1,800 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Le Moléson with 10 h 52 min. On the Swiss Plateau 1 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, October 8, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 2021-10-08 · measured

Sun by altitude at 64 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Fri, 10-08.

Stations without a minute of sun: 5

  • La Dôle1,670 m0 min
  • Napf1,404 m0 min
  • Engelberg1,036 m0 min
  • Giswil471 m0 min
  • Genève / Cointrin411 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Le Moléson1,974 m10 h 52 min
  • Säntis2,501 m10 h 12 min
  • Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m9 h 59 min
  • Château-d'Oex1,028 m8 h 49 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,900 m

All measurements of Fri, 10-08

Minutes of sun per hour at 64 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 min0 min35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min25 min0 min8 h
Säntis2,501 m0 min47 min60 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min30 min10 h 12 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min40 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min19 min9 h 59 min
Pilatus2,105 m10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min27 min0 min0 min8 h 37 min
Le Moléson1,974 m4 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min48 min10 h 52 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min3 min0 min5 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min18 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min4 min0 min0 min6 h 22 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min5 min4 min10 min5 min2 min0 min26 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min4 min1 min0 min0 min0 min8 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min41 min57 min59 min60 min50 min4 min1 min4 h 33 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min7 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min42 min0 min8 h 49 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min1 min32 min27 min43 min40 min19 min32 min27 min0 min3 h 41 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min1 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min3 min7 min53 min12 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 16 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min18 min14 min1 min0 min0 min0 min33 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min34 min52 min43 min7 min0 min0 min2 h 18 min
Oron828 m0 min44 min60 min60 min38 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min29 min29 min4 h 21 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min0 min15 min44 min7 min13 min0 min0 min1 h 22 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min36 min60 min59 min60 min60 min59 min5 min0 min0 min5 h 39 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min1 min6 min39 min22 min1 h 9 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min2 min4 min20 min0 min2 min0 min48 min2 min0 min1 h 18 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min13 min0 min4 min3 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min20 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 min54 min47 min44 min30 min4 min0 min3 h 5 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min25 min7 min0 min0 min0 min0 min36 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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