Fog report Thu, 23.01

Name: Fog report Thu, 23.01.2020: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 900–1’400 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 40 min. On the Swiss Plateau 26 of 33 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, 23 January 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1’400 mStation above 1’400 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 23.01.2020 · measured

Sun by altitude at 57 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Thu, 23.01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 30

Lägern845 m0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
Interlaken578 m0 min
Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2’501 m8 h 40 min
Hörnli1’133 m8 h 19 min
Chasseral1’594 m7 h 56 min
Chaumont1’136 m7 h 26 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1’500 m

All measurements of Thu, 23.01

Minutes of sun per hour at 57 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Jungfraujoch3’571 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	12 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 53 min
Säntis2’501 m	57 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	43 min	0 min	8 h 40 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m	3 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	26 min	7 min	0 min	6 h 29 min
Pilatus2’105 m	20 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	16 min	0 min	0 min	6 h 36 min
Le Moléson1’974 m	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	30 min	19 min	0 min	18 min	1 min	5 h 50 min
La Dôle1’670 m	39 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	22 min	22 min	42 min	22 min	44 min	0 min	6 h 9 min
Chasseral1’594 m	45 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	45 min	27 min	0 min	7 h 56 min
Napf1’404 m	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	6 h 53 min
Adelboden1’321 m	0 min	0 min	28 min	60 min	60 min	29 min	8 min	19 min	9 min	0 min	3 h 33 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m	29 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	39 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	6 h 17 min
Chaumont1’136 m	31 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	41 min	16 min	0 min	7 h 26 min
Hörnli1’133 m	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	37 min	0 min	8 h 19 min
Plaffeien1’042 m	22 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	10 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 27 min
Engelberg1’036 m	0 min	17 min	10 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	50 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 17 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m	0 min	19 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 30 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m	18 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	51 min	52 min	12 min	0 min	7 h 13 min
Bantiger942 m	28 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	42 min	45 min	2 min	0 min	6 h 57 min
Uetliberg854 m	9 min	3 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	40 min	5 min	8 min	0 min	1 h 14 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
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
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	48 min	60 min	60 min	49 min	11 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 55 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	6 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	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	3 min	1 min	32 min	60 min	60 min	34 min	0 min	3 h 10 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min

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

For the press

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Measurements as CSV

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss