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Fog report Sat, 20.11

Fog lid at 900 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 9 h 2 min. On the Swiss Plateau 28 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday, 20 November 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 900 mStation above 900 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 20.11.2021 · measured

Sun by altitude at 64 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Sat, 20.11.

Stations without a minute of sun: 34

  • St. Gallen776 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min
  • Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
  • Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2’501 m9 h 2 min
  • Le Moléson1’974 m8 h 59 min
  • La Dôle1’670 m8 h 58 min
  • Chasseral1’594 m8 h 54 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1’000 m

All measurements of Sat, 20.11

Minutes of sun per hour at 64 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending891011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3’571 m2 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min39 min0 min7 h 41 min
Säntis2’501 m22 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min40 min9 h 2 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m0 min28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min38 min8 h 6 min
Pilatus2’105 m7 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min10 min8 h 14 min
Le Moléson1’974 m8 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min51 min8 h 59 min
La Dôle1’670 m6 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min52 min8 h 58 min
Chasseral1’594 m9 min60 min60 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min47 min8 h 54 min
Napf1’404 m7 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min42 min8 h 49 min
Adelboden1’321 m0 min0 min0 min54 min60 min60 min60 min60 min56 min0 min5 h 50 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m0 min50 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min16 min8 h 6 min
Chaumont1’136 m0 min57 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min22 min8 h 16 min
Hörnli1’133 m10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min35 min8 h 45 min
Plaffeien1’042 m0 min46 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min32 min8 h 18 min
Engelberg1’036 m0 min0 min23 min23 min60 min60 min60 min21 min0 min0 min4 h 7 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m0 min0 min45 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min16 min7 h 1 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m0 min43 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min26 min8 h 9 min
Bantiger942 m0 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min31 min8 h 29 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min30 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min4 min7 h 34 min
Uetliberg854 m10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min8 h 38 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min1 min0 min3 min
Oron828 m0 min41 min57 min46 min7 min0 min0 min0 min0 min8 min2 h 39 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min14 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min0 min5 h 59 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min49 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min19 min8 h 8 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min15 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min18 min5 h 28 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 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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Chart and measurements are free to use with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0). Source of the measurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations.

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Source: MeteoSwiss