Fog report Sun, 29.01
Fog lid at 1’500 m, sun above it.
Most sun: Le Moléson with 9 h 10 min. On the Swiss Plateau 31 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.
Measured on Sunday, 29 January 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations
Sun staircase · 29.01.2023 · 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 Sun, 29.01.
Stations without a minute of sun: 35
- Napf1’404 m0 min
- Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m0 min
- Hörnli1’133 m0 min
- Plaffeien1’042 m0 min
- Bantiger942 m0 min
- Uetliberg854 m0 min
Longest in the sun
- Le Moléson1’974 m9 h 10 min
- Pilatus2’105 m8 h 9 min
- Säntis2’501 m7 h 56 min
- Jungfraujoch3’571 m7 h 53 min
Above the fog lid: summits from 1’600 m
All measurements of Sun, 29.01
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 ending | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungfraujoch3’571 m | 50 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 57 min | 6 min | 0 min | 7 h 53 min |
| Säntis2’501 m | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 54 min | 2 min | 0 min | 7 h 56 min |
| Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m | 4 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 3 min | 0 min | 7 h 7 min |
| Pilatus2’105 m | 53 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 16 min | 0 min | 8 h 9 min |
| Le Moléson1’974 m | 40 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 30 min | 9 h 10 min |
| La Dôle1’670 m | 0 min | 18 min | 60 min | 56 min | 42 min | 60 min | 60 min | 45 min | 59 min | 31 min | 7 h 11 min |
| Chasseral1’594 m | 0 min | 0 min | 26 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 33 min | 3 min | 6 h 2 min |
| Napf1’404 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Adelboden1’321 m | 0 min | 0 min | 32 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 25 min | 0 min | 5 h 57 min |
| Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Chaumont1’136 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 min | 36 min | 3 min | 0 min | 40 min |
| Hörnli1’133 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| La Brévine1’050 m | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 3 min | 33 min | 56 min | 45 min | 60 min | 19 min | 0 min | 3 h 38 min |
| Plaffeien1’042 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Engelberg1’036 m | 0 min | 31 min | 55 min | 7 min | 6 min | 60 min | 59 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 3 h 38 min |
| Château-d'Oex1’028 m | 0 min | 33 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 42 min | 0 min | 7 h 15 min |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 2 min | 15 min | 60 min | 42 min | 60 min | 49 min | 0 min | 3 h 50 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 | 59 min | 48 min | 10 min | 13 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 h 10 min |
| Uetliberg854 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 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 |
| Oron828 m | 14 min | 6 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 20 min |
| St. Gallen776 m | 0 min | 39 min | 38 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 h 17 min |
| Frutigen756 m | 0 min | 0 min | 51 min | 60 min | 20 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 11 min | 0 min | 5 h 22 min |
| Langnau i.E.744 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Salen-Reutenen719 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Bière684 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 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 |
| Ebnat-Kappel623 m | 1 min | 60 min | 38 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 h 39 min |
| Rünenberg611 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 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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