Fog report Wed, 10.01
Fog lid at 2’000 m, sun above it.
Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 3 min. On the Swiss Plateau 31 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.
Measured on Wednesday, 10 January 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations
Sun staircase · 10.01.2024 · measured
Sun by altitude at 73 weather stations
Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Wed, 10.01.
Stations without a minute of sun: 35
- Le Moléson1’974 m0 min
- Lägern845 m0 min
- Oron828 m0 min
- St. Gallen776 m0 min
- Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
- Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
Longest in the sun
- Säntis2’501 m8 h 3 min
- Napf1’404 m7 h 18 min
- Pilatus2’105 m6 h 27 min
- Titlis3’045 m6 h 10 min
Above the fog lid: summits from 2’100 m
All measurements of Wed, 10.01
Minutes of sun per hour at 73 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 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungfraujoch3’571 m | 0 min | 41 min | 60 min | 25 min | 42 min | 60 min | 60 min | 56 min | 0 min | 5 h 44 min |
| Titlis3’045 m | 4 min | 59 min | 60 min | 21 min | 25 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 21 min | 6 h 10 min |
| Säntis2’501 m | 28 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 35 min | 8 h 3 min |
| Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 10 min | 52 min | 28 min | 2 min | 1 h 32 min |
| Pilatus2’105 m | 4 min | 60 min | 60 min | 30 min | 56 min | 60 min | 60 min | 57 min | 0 min | 6 h 27 min |
| Le Moléson1’974 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| La Dôle1’670 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 min | 12 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 13 min |
| Chasseral1’594 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 38 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 38 min |
| Napf1’404 m | 5 min | 54 min | 60 min | 59 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 20 min | 7 h 18 min |
| Adelboden1’321 m | 0 min | 0 min | 6 min | 2 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 8 min |
| Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 26 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 26 min |
| Chaumont1’136 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 10 min | 26 min | 1 min | 0 min | 0 min | 37 min |
| Hörnli1’133 m | 0 min | 0 min | 35 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 26 min | 6 h 1 min |
| La Brévine1’050 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 22 min | 5 min | 0 min | 16 min | 0 min | 43 min |
| Plaffeien1’042 m | 0 min | 47 min | 13 min | 15 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 20 min | 0 min | 1 h 35 min |
| Engelberg1’036 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 33 min | 60 min | 33 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 h 8 min |
| Château-d'Oex1’028 m | 0 min | 0 min | 19 min | 4 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 23 min |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m | 0 min | 10 min | 0 min | 0 min | 12 min | 12 min | 4 min | 27 min | 0 min | 1 h 5 min |
| Bantiger942 m | 0 min | 60 min | 54 min | 28 min | 37 min | 29 min | 42 min | 60 min | 17 min | 5 h 27 min |
| Einsiedeln911 m | 0 min | 45 min | 60 min | 60 min | 20 min | 48 min | 39 min | 29 min | 0 min | 5 h 1 min |
| Uetliberg854 m | 0 min | 0 min | 18 min | 60 min | 29 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 21 min | 5 h 8 min |
| Lägern845 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Oron828 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| St. Gallen776 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Frutigen756 m | 0 min | 0 min | 27 min | 54 min | 29 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1 h 50 min |
| Langnau i.E.744 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 45 min | 60 min | 52 min | 21 min | 0 min | 2 h 58 min |
| Salen-Reutenen719 m | 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 | 6 min | 19 min | 22 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 47 min |
| Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Ebnat-Kappel623 m | 0 min | 36 min | 60 min | 60 min | 54 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 3 h 30 min |
| Rünenberg611 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min |
| Zürich / Fluntern604 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
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