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Fog report Wed, 22/12

Fog lid at 900–1,200 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 19 min. On the Swiss Plateau 27 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Wednesday 22 December 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 22/12/2021 · 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, 22/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 29

  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • St. Gallen776 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
  • Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 19 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m8 h 17 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 15 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m8 h 11 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,300 m

All measurements of Wed, 22/12

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 ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m29 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min38 min0 min7 h 7 min
Säntis2,501 m48 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min31 min8 h 19 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min59 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min24 min7 h 23 min
Pilatus2,105 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min54 min0 min7 h 27 min
Le Moléson1,974 m31 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min8 h 15 min
La Dôle1,670 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min8 h 17 min
Chasseral1,594 m34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min8 h 11 min
Napf1,404 m31 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min36 min8 h 7 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min1 min5 h 34 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m21 min55 min46 min57 min60 min60 min60 min60 min15 min7 h 14 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min3 min8 min28 min60 min60 min57 min53 min0 min4 h 29 min
Hörnli1,133 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min26 min8 h 1 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min12 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min17 min6 h 29 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min57 min60 min21 min0 min0 min2 h 18 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min14 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min13 min6 h 27 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m6 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min9 min7 h 15 min
Bantiger942 m0 min7 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min20 min6 h 25 min
Einsiedeln911 m3 min60 min42 min41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min6 min6 h 32 min
Uetliberg854 m8 min4 min0 min0 min0 min0 min33 min38 min20 min1 h 43 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min55 min36 min0 min1 h 35 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min1 min59 min60 min59 min44 min0 min3 h 43 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min19 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min48 min0 min6 h 7 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min4 min36 min60 min60 min34 min0 min0 min3 h 14 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min6 min33 min58 min60 min60 min60 min17 min4 h 54 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss