Fog report Wed, 25/08

Name: Fog report Wed, 25/08/2021: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Most sun: Pilatus with 13 h 14 min. On the Swiss Plateau 2 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Wednesday 25 August 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 25/08/2021 · measured

Sun by altitude at 64 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Wed, 25/08.

Stations without a minute of sun: 6

Napf1,404 m0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min
Wädenswil485 m0 min
Giswil471 m0 min
Luzern454 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Pilatus2,105 m13 h 14 min
Säntis2,501 m12 h 11 min
Le Moléson1,974 m11 h 35 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m11 h 3 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,900 m

All measurements of Wed, 25/08

Minutes of sun per hour at 64 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	0 min	0 min	12 min	52 min	36 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	41 min	53 min	10 min	2 min	5 min	0 min	7 h 30 min
Säntis2,501 m	6 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	56 min	56 min	60 min	32 min	44 min	0 min	12 h 11 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	42 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	47 min	39 min	0 min	0 min	11 h 3 min
Pilatus2,105 m	7 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	7 min	13 h 14 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	0 min	52 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	16 min	20 min	60 min	10 min	11 h 35 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	22 min	1 min	27 min	8 min	3 min	7 min	11 min	7 min	21 min	26 min	0 min	2 h 15 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	5 min
Napf1,404 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	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	49 min	42 min	1 min	47 min	60 min	54 min	5 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 18 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	24 min	6 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	32 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	12 min	6 min	34 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	52 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	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	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	10 min	0 min	0 min	12 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	14 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	50 min	0 min	0 min	11 h 3 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	1 min	0 min	2 min	1 min	3 min	6 min	4 min	3 min	13 min	0 min	34 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	51 min	59 min	52 min	0 min	2 h 42 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	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	38 min	17 min	24 min	33 min	0 min	1 h 52 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	14 min	50 min	24 min	11 min	22 min	51 min	0 min	2 h 52 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	22 min	47 min	57 min	60 min	51 min	0 min	4 h 5 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	26 min	38 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 6 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	2 min	23 min	31 min	3 min	2 min	15 min	59 min	9 min	0 min	5 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 29 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	0 min	0 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	3 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	22 min	54 min	54 min	12 min	1 min	9 min	41 min	54 min	60 min	47 min	0 min	5 h 54 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	40 min	42 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 26 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	20 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	32 min	0 min	4 h 49 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	19 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	33 min	10 min	36 min	49 min	0 min	2 h 38 min

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

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