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Fog report Tue, 01-09

Fog lid at 2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 5 h 48 min. On the Swiss Plateau 44 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 2024-01-09 · measured

Sun by altitude at 73 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Tue, 01-09.

Stations without a minute of sun: 63

  • Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m0 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m0 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m0 min
  • Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min
  • Chaumont1,136 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m5 h 48 min
  • Titlis3,045 m4 h 34 min
  • Pilatus2,105 m4 h 6 min
  • Frutigen756 m2 h 33 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Tue, 01-09

Minutes of sun per hour at 73 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Titlis3,045 m40 min60 min60 min60 min54 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 h 34 min
Säntis2,501 m37 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min11 min0 min0 min5 h 48 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min0 min0 min6 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 min
Pilatus2,105 m33 min58 min60 min60 min35 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 h 6 min
Le Moléson1,974 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min28 min54 min33 min15 min0 min0 min0 min2 h 10 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min25 min60 min29 min0 min0 min11 min0 min2 h 5 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min10 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min10 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min6 min54 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min0 min29 min41 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 10 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min39 min60 min54 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 h 33 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 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 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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