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Fog report Wed, 01.03

Fog lid at 1’600 m, sun above it.

Most sun: La Dôle with 10 h 23 min. On the Swiss Plateau 39 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1’600 mStation above 1’600 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 01.03.2023 · 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 Wed, 01.03.

Stations without a minute of sun: 54

  • Napf1’404 m0 min
  • Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m0 min
  • Chaumont1’136 m0 min
  • Hörnli1’133 m0 min
  • La Brévine1’050 m0 min
  • Plaffeien1’042 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • La Dôle1’670 m10 h 23 min
  • Le Moléson1’974 m10 h 21 min
  • Pilatus2’105 m10 h 18 min
  • Säntis2’501 m9 h 14 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1’700 m

All measurements of Wed, 01.03

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 ending8910111213141516171819Total
Jungfraujoch3’571 m20 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min48 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 h 10 min
Säntis2’501 m50 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min24 min0 min0 min9 h 14 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m5 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min30 min0 min0 min8 h 34 min
Pilatus2’105 m41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min0 min10 h 18 min
Le Moléson1’974 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min38 min8 min10 h 21 min
La Dôle1’670 m9 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min14 min10 h 23 min
Chasseral1’594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min7 min0 min0 min0 min0 min9 min0 min16 min
Napf1’404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1’321 m0 min0 min0 min0 min27 min60 min59 min35 min43 min47 min0 min0 min4 h 31 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Chaumont1’136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Hörnli1’133 m0 min0 min0 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 min0 min0 min
Plaffeien1’042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1’036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m0 min0 min0 min36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min22 min0 min6 h 58 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min34 min60 min60 min41 min0 min0 min3 h 15 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

For the press

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