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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

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

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 ending9101112131415161718Total
Jungfraujoch3’571 m50 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min6 min0 min7 h 53 min
Säntis2’501 m60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min54 min2 min0 min7 h 56 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m4 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min3 min0 min7 h 7 min
Pilatus2’105 m53 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min16 min0 min8 h 9 min
Le Moléson1’974 m40 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min30 min9 h 10 min
La Dôle1’670 m0 min18 min60 min56 min42 min60 min60 min45 min59 min31 min7 h 11 min
Chasseral1’594 m0 min0 min26 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min3 min6 h 2 min
Napf1’404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1’321 m0 min0 min32 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min25 min0 min5 h 57 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chaumont1’136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min36 min3 min0 min40 min
Hörnli1’133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Brévine1’050 m0 min0 min2 min3 min33 min56 min45 min60 min19 min0 min3 h 38 min
Plaffeien1’042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1’036 m0 min31 min55 min7 min6 min60 min59 min0 min0 min0 min3 h 38 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m0 min33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min42 min0 min7 h 15 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m0 min0 min2 min2 min15 min60 min42 min60 min49 min0 min3 h 50 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min59 min48 min10 min13 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 h 10 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 m14 min6 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min20 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min39 min38 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 17 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min51 min60 min20 min60 min60 min60 min11 min0 min5 h 22 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 m1 min60 min38 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 h 39 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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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