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Fog report Sun, 01-22

Fog lid at 2,200 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 20 min. On the Swiss Plateau 25 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Sunday, January 22, 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,200 mStation above 2,200 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 2023-01-22 · 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, 01-22.

Stations without a minute of sun: 43

  • Pilatus2,105 m0 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m0 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m0 min
  • Napf1,404 m0 min
  • Adelboden1,321 m0 min
  • Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 20 min
  • Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m5 h 35 min
  • Jungfraujoch3,571 m5 h 29 min
  • Pully456 m3 h 3 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,300 m

All measurements of Sun, 01-22

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 ending9101112131415161718Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min0 min32 min59 min56 min57 min60 min60 min5 min0 min5 h 29 min
Säntis2,501 m20 min59 min60 min60 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min5 min8 h 20 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min18 min58 min60 min58 min60 min57 min24 min0 min0 min5 h 35 min
Pilatus2,105 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Le Moléson1,974 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min4 min0 min0 min0 min5 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min33 min38 min9 min5 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 25 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min1 min12 min11 min52 min34 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 50 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min23 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min23 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min56 min8 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 20 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min11 min14 min36 min24 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 25 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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