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Fog report Thu, 10-28

Fog lid at 600–700 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 9 h 51 min. On the Swiss Plateau 0 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, October 28, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 700 mStation above 700 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 2021-10-28 · 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 Thu, 10-28.

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m9 h 51 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m9 h 41 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m9 h 31 min
  • Hörnli1,133 m9 h 31 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 800 m

All measurements of Thu, 10-28

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 ending910111213141516171819Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m37 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min0 min0 min8 h 22 min
Säntis2,501 m56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min55 min0 min9 h 51 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min53 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min0 min8 h 30 min
Pilatus2,105 m45 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min56 min40 min0 min9 h 21 min
Le Moléson1,974 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min39 min17 min9 h 31 min
La Dôle1,670 m23 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min18 min9 h 41 min
Chasseral1,594 m44 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min41 min5 min9 h 30 min
Napf1,404 m42 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min30 min0 min9 h 12 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min24 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min0 min6 h 36 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m16 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min18 min0 min8 h 34 min
Chaumont1,136 m29 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min34 min0 min9 h 3 min
Hörnli1,133 m42 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min0 min9 h 31 min
Plaffeien1,042 m17 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min34 min0 min8 h 51 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min26 min0 min0 min7 h
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min14 min0 min7 h 42 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m18 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min42 min0 min9 h
Bantiger942 m30 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min46 min0 min9 h 16 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min38 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min39 min0 min8 h 17 min
Uetliberg854 m46 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min0 min9 h 31 min
Lägern845 m2 min41 min48 min51 min57 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min0 min8 h 3 min
Oron828 m16 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min23 min0 min8 h 39 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min0 min8 h 40 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min3 min0 min6 h 39 min
Langnau i.E.744 m2 min44 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min32 min0 min8 h 18 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min23 min0 min4 h 51 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min20 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min29 min0 min5 h 47 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m19 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min0 min0 min7 h 56 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min27 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min40 min0 min8 h 7 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min1 min45 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min0 min5 h 30 min
Fahy596 m28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min0 min9 h 13 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss