Fog report Sat, 18.01

Name: Fog report Sat, 18.01.2025: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 900–1’100 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 56 min. On the Swiss Plateau 18 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday, 18 January 2025 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1’100 mStation above 1’100 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 18.01.2025 · 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 Sat, 18.01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 20

Lägern845 m0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
Bischofszell / Sitterdorf507 m0 min
Payerne490 m0 min
Neuchâtel485 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2’501 m8 h 56 min
Le Moléson1’974 m8 h 48 min
La Dôle1’670 m8 h 48 min
Chasseral1’594 m8 h 48 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1’200 m

All measurements of Sat, 18.01

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	0 min	0 min	29 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	3 min	0 min	5 h 32 min
Titlis3’045 m	43 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	0 min	8 h 41 min
Säntis2’501 m	53 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	3 min	8 h 56 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2’286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	0 min	8 h 2 min
Pilatus2’105 m	39 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	16 min	0 min	7 h 53 min
Le Moléson1’974 m	39 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	9 min	8 h 48 min
La Dôle1’670 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	10 min	8 h 48 min
Chasseral1’594 m	41 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	7 min	8 h 48 min
Napf1’404 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	1 min	8 h 39 min
Adelboden1’321 m	0 min	0 min	27 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	19 min	0 min	5 h 46 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1’205 m	22 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	46 min	0 min	8 h 6 min
Chaumont1’136 m	9 min	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	33 min	0 min	7 h 16 min
Hörnli1’133 m	39 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	0 min	8 h 36 min
La Brévine1’050 m	3 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	0 min	7 h 56 min
Plaffeien1’042 m	0 min	0 min	38 min	38 min	56 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	0 min	6 h 5 min
Engelberg1’036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	47 min	60 min	60 min	42 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 29 min
Château-d'Oex1’028 m	0 min	19 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	40 min	0 min	6 h 59 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1’017 m	14 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	0 min	8 h 11 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	17 min	57 min	56 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	0 min	7 h 8 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	0 min	48 min	0 min	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	27 min	0 min	4 h 47 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	51 min	60 min	59 min	37 min	0 min	3 h 28 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	0 min	1 min	29 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	0 min	4 h 17 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	51 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	8 min	0 min	3 h 59 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	46 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	35 min	0 min	6 h 21 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	42 min	55 min	38 min	0 min	2 h 15 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	7 min	56 min	31 min	0 min	1 h 34 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	0 min	0 min	4 min	14 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 27 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	13 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	37 min	0 min	4 h 48 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	16 min	51 min	60 min	24 min	0 min	2 h 32 min

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

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