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Fog report Thu, 11/01

Fog lid at 1,100–1,200 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 40 min. On the Swiss Plateau 40 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday 11 January 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 11/01/2024 · 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 Thu, 11/01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 52

  • Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
  • Einsiedeln911 m0 min
  • Uetliberg854 m0 min
  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • Oron828 m0 min
  • St. Gallen776 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 40 min
  • Titlis3,045 m8 h 36 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 33 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m8 h 29 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,300 m

All measurements of Thu, 11/01

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 boundary.

Station · hour ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min0 min7 h 25 min
Titlis3,045 m47 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min8 h 36 min
Säntis2,501 m48 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min52 min8 h 40 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min42 min7 h 37 min
Pilatus2,105 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min2 min7 h 32 min
Le Moléson1,974 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 33 min
La Dôle1,670 m29 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 29 min
Chasseral1,594 m28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min27 min7 h 55 min
Napf1,404 m31 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min53 min8 h 24 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min2 min5 h 27 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m2 min22 min57 min36 min51 min52 min60 min60 min34 min6 h 14 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min29 min59 min60 min49 min0 min3 h 17 min
Hörnli1,133 m35 min25 min31 min26 min11 min57 min1 min43 min46 min4 h 35 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min47 min7 h 43 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min8 min7 min3 min34 min0 min0 min52 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min0 min0 min4 h 54 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m7 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min34 min7 h 41 min
Bantiger942 m0 min4 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 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 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min2 min0 min11 min0 min16 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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