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Fog report Thu, 12/12

Fog lid at 1,300 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 24 min. On the Swiss Plateau 36 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, 12 December 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 12/12/2024 · 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, 12/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 44

  • Chaumont1,136 m0 min
  • Hörnli1,133 m0 min
  • Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
  • Bantiger942 m0 min
  • Einsiedeln911 m0 min
  • Uetliberg854 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m8 h 24 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m8 h 23 min
  • Titlis3,045 m8 h 21 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 18 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,400 m

All measurements of Thu, 12/12

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 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min0 min7 h 12 min
Titlis3,045 m55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min26 min8 h 21 min
Säntis2,501 m54 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min30 min8 h 24 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m4 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min20 min7 h 24 min
Pilatus2,105 m41 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min50 min0 min7 h 31 min
Le Moléson1,974 m39 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min39 min8 h 18 min
La Dôle1,670 m38 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min8 h 23 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min45 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min39 min7 h 24 min
Napf1,404 m37 min59 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min32 min8 h 8 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min38 min60 min60 min60 min60 min58 min0 min5 h 36 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min1 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Brévine1,050 m2 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min24 min7 h 26 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min6 min60 min60 min17 min0 min0 min2 h 23 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min20 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min10 min6 h 30 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m12 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min7 h 24 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 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 m19 min60 min58 min59 min59 min60 min60 min60 min12 min7 h 27 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min46 min60 min60 min60 min60 min43 min0 min5 h 29 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 min36 min41 min0 min1 h 17 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 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 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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