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Fog report Fri, 03/03

Fog lid at 1,100–1,300 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 10 h 52 min. On the Swiss Plateau 1 of 43 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, 3 March 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,300 mStation above 1,300 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 3/03/2023 · measured

Sun by altitude at 71 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Fri, 03/03.

Stations without a minute of sun: 2

  • Giswil471 m0 min
  • Luzern454 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m10 h 52 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m10 h 46 min
  • Pilatus2,105 m10 h 40 min
  • Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m9 h 53 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,400 m

All measurements of Fri, 03/03

Minutes of sun per hour at 71 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending8910111213141516171819Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m22 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min38 min0 min0 min9 h
Säntis2,501 m52 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min0 min10 h 52 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m8 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min0 min9 h 53 min
Pilatus2,105 m46 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min5 min10 h 40 min
Le Moléson1,974 m34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min10 h 46 min
La Dôle1,670 m37 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min60 min58 min11 min0 min0 min8 h 45 min
Chasseral1,594 m42 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min25 min3 min0 min9 h 9 min
Napf1,404 m39 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min58 min60 min53 min10 min0 min0 min8 h 40 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min44 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min47 min0 min0 min7 h 31 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m26 min60 min53 min19 min0 min30 min35 min60 min60 min60 min26 min0 min7 h 9 min
Chaumont1,136 m22 min32 min0 min0 min13 min31 min60 min60 min60 min51 min0 min0 min5 h 29 min
Hörnli1,133 m4 min45 min60 min35 min0 min47 min56 min11 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 h 18 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min0 min0 min0 min35 min60 min60 min51 min42 min4 min0 min0 min4 h 12 min
Plaffeien1,042 m18 min60 min54 min0 min0 min0 min3 min14 min15 min0 min24 min0 min3 h 8 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min29 min23 min41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min56 min2 min0 min0 min6 h 31 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min50 min0 min0 min8 h 24 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min60 min60 min59 min32 min4 min0 min0 min3 h 51 min
Bantiger942 m26 min40 min1 min6 min3 min14 min50 min60 min60 min60 min23 min0 min5 h 43 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min12 min60 min49 min0 min0 min0 min2 h 1 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min44 min19 min2 min16 min0 min1 h 37 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min5 min4 min54 min47 min14 min25 min0 min0 min2 h 29 min
Oron828 m6 min43 min0 min11 min0 min0 min3 min0 min23 min6 min0 min0 min1 h 32 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min
Frutigen756 m0 min7 min60 min48 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min0 min0 min7 h 44 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min6 min43 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min11 min0 min6 h
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min26 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min30 min
Bière684 m0 min48 min26 min0 min0 min0 min0 min13 min59 min60 min41 min0 min4 h 7 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min21 min44 min60 min20 min0 min2 h 25 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min4 min0 min0 min0 min0 min8 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min12 min28 min6 min0 min0 min0 min0 min46 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min45 min34 min1 min0 min0 min1 h 22 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss