Fog report Tue, 05/01

Name: Fog report Tue, 05/01/2021: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,500–1,800 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 6 h 54 min. On the Swiss Plateau 37 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday 5 January 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,800 mStation above 1,800 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 05/01/2021 · measured

Sun by altitude at 63 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Tue, 05/01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 53

Napf1,404 m0 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m6 h 54 min
Pilatus2,105 m6 h 27 min
La Dôle1,670 m5 h 32 min
Le Moléson1,974 m5 h 17 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,900 m

All measurements of Tue, 05/01

Minutes of sun per hour at 63 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	21 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	44 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 52 min
Säntis2,501 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	14 min	4 min	6 h 54 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	55 min	60 min	53 min	9 min	0 min	7 min	50 min	0 min	3 h 54 min
Pilatus2,105 m	33 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	7 min	0 min	6 h 27 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	0 min	0 min	46 min	60 min	49 min	26 min	58 min	46 min	32 min	5 h 17 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	39 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	48 min	5 min	24 min	36 min	5 h 32 min
Napf1,404 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	26 min	41 min	53 min	60 min	5 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 5 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Chaumont1,136 m	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	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	47 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	49 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	10 min	60 min	57 min	5 min	44 min	60 min	10 min	0 min	4 h 6 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Uetliberg854 m	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
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	0 min	0 min	42 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	55 min
Langnau i.E.744 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	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 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	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	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 boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Measurements as CSV

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss