Fog report Fri, 17.01

Name: Fog report Fri, 17.01.2025: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1’200 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 55 min. On the Swiss Plateau 25 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, 17 January 2025 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1’200 mStation above 1’200 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 17.01.2025 · 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 Fri, 17.01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 30

Chaumont1’136 m0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min
Lägern845 m0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2’501 m8 h 55 min
Le Moléson1’974 m8 h 52 min
La Dôle1’670 m8 h 51 min
Chasseral1’594 m8 h 50 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1’300 m

All measurements of Fri, 17.01

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	18	Total
Jungfraujoch3’571 m	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	2 min	0 min	7 h 36 min
Titlis3’045 m	51 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	0 min	8 h 49 min
Säntis2’501 m	52 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	3 min	8 h 55 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	54 min	0 min	7 h 56 min
Pilatus2’105 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	14 min	0 min	7 h 49 min
Le Moléson1’974 m	39 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	13 min	8 h 52 min
La Dôle1’670 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	13 min	8 h 51 min
Chasseral1’594 m	41 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	9 min	8 h 50 min
Napf1’404 m	36 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	2 min	8 h 38 min
Adelboden1’321 m	0 min	0 min	26 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	19 min	0 min	5 h 45 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m	27 min	60 min	52 min	48 min	47 min	28 min	10 min	3 min	30 min	0 min	5 h 5 min
Chaumont1’136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Hörnli1’133 m	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min
La Brévine1’050 m	0 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	49 min	0 min	7 h 49 min
Plaffeien1’042 m	0 min	15 min	1 min	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	41 min	0 min	5 h 39 min
Engelberg1’036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	39 min	60 min	60 min	40 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 19 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m	0 min	18 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	39 min	0 min	6 h 57 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m	13 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	0 min	8 h 5 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	3 min	39 min	20 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	50 min	0 min	5 h 51 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	52 min	53 min	60 min	13 min	0 min	2 h 58 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	0 min	0 min	6 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	44 min	0 min	5 h 50 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	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	47 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	7 min	0 min	5 h 54 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	3 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	19 min	0 min	5 h 22 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	2 min	33 min	60 min	60 min	34 min	0 min	3 h 9 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	6 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	17 min	0 min	3 h 23 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	0 min	0 min	5 min	24 min	59 min	25 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 53 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	10 min	35 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	45 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

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

For the press

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Source: MeteoSwiss