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Fog report Mon, 04/03

Fog lid at 2,200–2,300 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 10 h 48 min. On the Swiss Plateau 8 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Monday 4 March 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,300 mStation above 2,300 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 04/03/2024 · 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 Mon, 04/03.

Stations without a minute of sun: 13

  • Engelberg1,036 m0 min
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min
  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • Frutigen756 m0 min
  • Fahy596 m0 min
  • Interlaken578 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m10 h 48 min
  • Titlis3,045 m10 h 14 min
  • Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m6 h 56 min
  • Jungfraujoch3,571 m6 h 11 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,400 m

All measurements of Mon, 04/03

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 ending8910111213141516171819Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min0 min0 min20 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min51 min0 min0 min6 h 11 min
Titlis3,045 m4 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min10 min10 h 14 min
Säntis2,501 m41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min7 min10 h 48 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m6 min43 min43 min0 min16 min19 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min0 min6 h 56 min
Pilatus2,105 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min11 min0 min0 min13 min
Le Moléson1,974 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min30 min60 min7 min1 h 37 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 min0 min2 min24 min38 min0 min1 h 10 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min3 min2 min0 min2 min6 min2 min18 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min0 min0 min0 min4 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min12 min17 min0 min0 min29 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min12 min0 min0 min12 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min0 min0 min2 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min26 min11 min0 min37 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min9 min6 min14 min10 min0 min39 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min20 min34 min0 min54 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min20 min8 min48 min0 min1 h 18 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min9 min12 min1 min0 min0 min0 min22 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min38 min10 min0 min52 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min12 min6 min0 min18 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min6 min1 min8 min3 min0 min0 min21 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min7 min4 min2 min0 min0 min0 min14 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min8 min0 min8 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min2 min4 min0 min0 min0 min7 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min17 min1 min0 min3 min43 min0 min1 h 7 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min8 min18 min0 min0 min0 min0 min26 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min0 min2 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min15 min3 min43 min26 min34 min0 min2 h 1 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Chart and measurements are free to use with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0). Source of the measurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations.

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Source: MeteoSwiss