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Fog report Sat, 13/01

Fog lid at 900–1,100 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 45 min. On the Swiss Plateau 33 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday, 13 January 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 13/01/2024 · 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 Sat, 13/01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 36

  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Fahy596 m0 min
  • Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 45 min
  • Titlis3,045 m8 h 41 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m8 h 37 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m8 h 35 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,200 m

All measurements of Sat, 13/01

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 level.

Station · hour ending91011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m30 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min58 min0 min7 h 28 min
Titlis3,045 m50 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min51 min8 h 41 min
Säntis2,501 m50 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min55 min8 h 45 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min7 h 40 min
Pilatus2,105 m36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min4 min7 h 37 min
Le Moléson1,974 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 33 min
La Dôle1,670 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 35 min
Chasseral1,594 m37 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 h 37 min
Napf1,404 m31 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min8 h 30 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min15 min5 h 40 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m23 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min36 min7 h 59 min
Chaumont1,136 m24 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min22 min7 h 46 min
Hörnli1,133 m40 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min54 min8 h 34 min
La Brévine1,050 m0 min40 min47 min51 min56 min60 min60 min60 min39 min6 h 53 min
Plaffeien1,042 m15 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min58 min47 min8 h
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min33 min60 min60 min35 min0 min0 min3 h 8 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min35 min6 h 45 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min40 min7 h 50 min
Bantiger942 m26 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min52 min8 h 18 min
Einsiedeln911 m4 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min22 min7 h 26 min
Uetliberg854 m3 min40 min35 min52 min60 min60 min60 min60 min31 min6 h 41 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min14 min34 min3 min0 min0 min51 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min57 min13 min0 min21 min46 min51 min0 min3 h 8 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min45 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min3 min5 h 48 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min34 min60 min56 min60 min60 min60 min18 min5 h 48 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 m18 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min2 min0 min6 h 19 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min39 min60 min60 min60 min60 min40 min5 h 19 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min7 min49 min27 min1 h 23 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss