Fog report Wed, 11.11
Fog lid at 1’200–1’400 m, sun above it.
Most sun: Le Moléson with 8 h 55 min. On the Swiss Plateau 20 of 36 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.
Measured on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations
Sun staircase · 11.11.2020 · measured
Sun by altitude at 62 weather stations
Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Wed, 11.11.
Stations without a minute of sun: 22
- Bantiger942 m0 min
- Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
- Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min
- Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
- Bischofszell / Sitterdorf507 m0 min
- Koppigen485 m0 min
Longest in the sun
- Le Moléson1’974 m8 h 55 min
- La Dôle1’670 m8 h 13 min
- Jungfraujoch3’571 m7 h 57 min
- Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m7 h 56 min
Above the fog lid: summits from 1’500 m
All measurements of Wed, 11.11
Minutes of sun per hour at 62 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 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungfraujoch3’571 m | 17 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 40 min | 0 min | 7 h 57 min |
| Säntis2’501 m | 0 min | 0 min | 15 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 57 min | 60 min | 60 min | 47 min | 6 h 59 min |
| Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m | 0 min | 34 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 56 min | 50 min | 36 min | 7 h 56 min |
| Pilatus2’105 m | 0 min | 14 min | 19 min | 48 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 16 min | 6 h 37 min |
| Le Moléson1’974 m | 19 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 58 min | 60 min | 49 min | 60 min | 60 min | 49 min | 8 h 55 min |
| La Dôle1’670 m | 10 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 35 min | 47 min | 60 min | 41 min | 8 h 13 min |
| Chasseral1’594 m | 0 min | 2 min | 34 min | 21 min | 59 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 44 min | 6 h 40 min |
| Napf1’404 m | 4 min | 25 min | 60 min | 25 min | 58 min | 58 min | 60 min | 51 min | 57 min | 5 min | 6 h 43 min |
| Adelboden1’321 m | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 58 min | 0 min | 6 h |
| Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 7 min | 23 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 30 min |
| Chaumont1’136 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 min |
| Hörnli1’133 m | 0 min | 13 min | 58 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 34 min | 7 h 45 min |
| Plaffeien1’042 m | 0 min | 31 min | 0 min | 1 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 32 min |
| Engelberg1’036 m | 0 min | 1 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 32 min | 0 min | 0 min | 5 h 33 min |
| Château-d'Oex1’028 m | 0 min | 5 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 18 min | 7 h 23 min |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m | 0 min | 0 min | 13 min | 41 min | 59 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 40 min | 6 h 33 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 |
| Einsiedeln911 m | 0 min | 2 min | 44 min | 60 min | 37 min | 47 min | 60 min | 60 min | 25 min | 0 min | 5 h 35 min |
| Uetliberg854 m | 2 min | 14 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 36 min | 7 h 52 min |
| Lägern845 m | 0 min | 13 min | 56 min | 56 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 37 min | 0 min | 6 h 42 min |
| Oron828 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 44 min | 60 min | 46 min | 10 min | 0 min | 40 min | 23 min | 3 h 43 min |
| St. Gallen776 m | 0 min | 0 min | 17 min | 9 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 60 min | 2 min | 1 h 30 min |
| Frutigen756 m | 0 min | 0 min | 21 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 45 min | 0 min | 6 h 6 min |
| Langnau i.E.744 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 min | 34 min | 23 min | 0 min | 0 min | 58 min |
| Bière684 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 5 min | 5 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 10 min |
| Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 13 min | 4 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 17 min |
| Rünenberg611 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 8 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 51 min | 0 min | 3 h 59 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 |
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