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Fog report Sun, 12-25

Fog lid at 1,200–1,900 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 7 h 13 min. On the Swiss Plateau 24 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Sunday, December 25, 2022 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,900 mStation above 1,900 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 2022-12-25 · measured

Sun by altitude at 71 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Sun, 12-25.

Stations without a minute of sun: 27

  • Langnau i.E.744 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Thun570 m0 min
  • Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min
  • Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m7 h 13 min
  • Jungfraujoch3,571 m7 h 7 min
  • Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m6 h 56 min
  • Pilatus2,105 m6 h 16 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,000 m

All measurements of Sun, 12-25

Minutes of sun per hour at 71 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min58 min56 min40 min0 min7 h 7 min
Säntis2,501 m46 min59 min60 min47 min60 min60 min60 min41 min0 min7 h 13 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min53 min7 min6 h 56 min
Pilatus2,105 m31 min60 min60 min48 min60 min51 min55 min11 min0 min6 h 16 min
Le Moléson1,974 m30 min60 min60 min52 min39 min25 min34 min1 min40 min5 h 41 min
La Dôle1,670 m30 min44 min38 min0 min4 min0 min0 min1 min41 min2 h 38 min
Chasseral1,594 m32 min56 min15 min40 min22 min0 min0 min0 min1 min2 h 46 min
Napf1,404 m29 min60 min60 min49 min60 min34 min25 min0 min6 min5 h 23 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min31 min60 min57 min56 min58 min53 min0 min5 h 15 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m15 min46 min10 min20 min4 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 35 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min22 min0 min0 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min24 min
Hörnli1,133 m28 min60 min60 min27 min60 min58 min56 min10 min0 min5 h 59 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min41 min8 min51 min13 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 53 min
Plaffeien1,042 m7 min8 min19 min0 min14 min0 min0 min0 min0 min48 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min56 min60 min22 min0 min0 min2 h 18 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min13 min57 min55 min41 min38 min48 min24 min0 min4 h 36 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m3 min55 min7 min47 min23 min0 min0 min2 min0 min2 h 17 min
Bantiger942 m26 min29 min0 min11 min39 min0 min0 min0 min6 min1 h 51 min
Einsiedeln911 m1 min60 min60 min42 min60 min60 min56 min28 min0 min6 h 7 min
Uetliberg854 m29 min60 min49 min24 min60 min46 min16 min0 min0 min4 h 44 min
Lägern845 m11 min60 min58 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 h 9 min
Oron828 m4 min8 min2 min39 min19 min3 min0 min0 min1 min1 h 16 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min27 min60 min41 min59 min60 min59 min9 min0 min5 h 15 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min13 min0 min0 min0 min13 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m2 min58 min60 min43 min60 min60 min19 min0 min0 min5 h 2 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min9 min57 min50 min60 min60 min34 min0 min0 min4 h 30 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min49 min37 min50 min60 min24 min8 min0 min0 min3 h 48 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m8 min38 min21 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 7 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss