Fog report Tue, 02-28

Name: Fog report Tue, 2023-02-28: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,500–2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Pilatus with 9 h 20 min. On the Swiss Plateau 25 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,000 mStation above 2,000 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 2023-02-28 · 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 Tue, 02-28.

Stations without a minute of sun: 33

Napf1,404 m0 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min
Bantiger942 m0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min
Lägern845 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Pilatus2,105 m9 h 20 min
Säntis2,501 m9 h 10 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m8 h 49 min
Jungfraujoch3,571 m6 h 59 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Tue, 02-28

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 ending	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	0 min	21 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	29 min	9 min	0 min	6 h 59 min
Säntis2,501 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	35 min	0 min	9 h 10 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	2 min	56 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	40 min	56 min	56 min	53 min	60 min	26 min	8 h 49 min
Pilatus2,105 m	26 min	32 min	45 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	37 min	9 h 20 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	7 min	48 min	2 min	17 min	60 min	45 min	56 min	60 min	38 min	0 min	28 min	6 h 1 min
La Dôle1,670 m	7 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	1 min	0 min	7 min	47 min	40 min	59 min	14 min	2 h 58 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	12 min	60 min	8 min	1 h 20 min
Napf1,404 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	28 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 2 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	13 min	16 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	2 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
La Brévine1,050 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	12 min	53 min	60 min	60 min	32 min	3 h 37 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	0 min	2 min	1 min	20 min	36 min	33 min	3 min	10 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 45 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	58 min	52 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 50 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	0 min	20 min	60 min	29 min	56 min	60 min	52 min	0 min	7 min	19 min	5 h 3 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	15 min	14 min	44 min	58 min	60 min	59 min	13 min	4 h 23 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	32 min	0 min	37 min	49 min	27 min	7 min	0 min	2 h 40 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	40 min	49 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 38 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	38 min	30 min	1 h 8 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	45 min	48 min	46 min	22 min	2 h 41 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	1 min	4 min	50 min	11 min	8 min	19 min	18 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 51 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	18 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	31 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss