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Fog report Sun, 17/12

Fog lid at 800–1,100 m, sun above it.

Most sun: La Dôle with 8 h 21 min. On the Swiss Plateau 34 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Sunday, 17 December 2023 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,100 mStation above 1,100 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 17/12/2023 · 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 Sun, 17/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 38

  • St. Gallen776 m0 min
  • Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
  • Interlaken578 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • La Dôle1,670 m8 h 21 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 17 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m8 h 14 min
  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 12 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,200 m

All measurements of Sun, 17/12

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 level.

Station · hour ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m32 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min38 min0 min7 h 10 min
Titlis3,045 m36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min8 h 4 min
Säntis2,501 m43 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min29 min8 h 12 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m2 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min21 min7 h 23 min
Pilatus2,105 m34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min52 min0 min7 h 26 min
Le Moléson1,974 m34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min43 min8 h 17 min
La Dôle1,670 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min46 min8 h 21 min
Chasseral1,594 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min39 min8 h 14 min
Napf1,404 m29 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min8 h 2 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min0 min5 h 35 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m23 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min13 min7 h 36 min
Chaumont1,136 m25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min55 min52 min0 min7 h 12 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min29 min7 h 24 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min29 min7 h 27 min
Plaffeien1,042 m11 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min14 min7 h 25 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min1 min60 min60 min18 min0 min0 min2 h 19 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min17 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min10 min6 h 27 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m8 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min13 min7 h 21 min
Bantiger942 m30 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min27 min7 h 57 min
Einsiedeln911 m6 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min3 min7 h 9 min
Uetliberg854 m41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min42 min0 min7 h 23 min
Lägern845 m28 min60 min44 min44 min49 min60 min60 min55 min0 min6 h 40 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min23 min0 min0 min0 min23 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min42 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min0 min5 h 26 min
Langnau i.E.744 m14 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min46 min0 min7 h
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 m15 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min36 min0 min0 min5 h 51 min
Rünenberg611 m11 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min9 min7 h 20 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss