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Fog report Thu, 26.01

Fog lid at 1’500 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 9 h 14 min. On the Swiss Plateau 43 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, 26 January 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1’500 mStation above 1’500 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 26.01.2023 · 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 Thu, 26.01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 61

  • Napf1’404 m0 min
  • Chaumont1’136 m0 min
  • Hörnli1’133 m0 min
  • La Brévine1’050 m0 min
  • Plaffeien1’042 m0 min
  • Engelberg1’036 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2’501 m9 h 14 min
  • La Dôle1’670 m8 h 31 min
  • Pilatus2’105 m8 h 25 min
  • Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m7 h 47 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1’600 m

All measurements of Thu, 26.01

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 ending9101112131415161718Total
Jungfraujoch3’571 m27 min2 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min7 min0 min6 h 34 min
Säntis2’501 m60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min14 min9 h 14 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m4 min60 min60 min60 min57 min60 min60 min43 min54 min9 min7 h 47 min
Pilatus2’105 m44 min57 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min0 min8 h 25 min
Le Moléson1’974 m20 min15 min41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min25 min7 h 41 min
La Dôle1’670 m30 min42 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min19 min8 h 31 min
Chasseral1’594 m25 min47 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min30 min19 min2 min7 h 3 min
Napf1’404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1’321 m0 min0 min11 min0 min29 min9 min7 min0 min0 min0 min56 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m0 min0 min5 min1 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min8 min
Chaumont1’136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Hörnli1’133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Brévine1’050 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Plaffeien1’042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1’036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m0 min0 min37 min52 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min0 min5 h 57 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 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 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 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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Source: MeteoSwiss