Fog report Thu, 16/01

Name: Fog report Thu, 16/01/2025: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,300–1,600 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 8 h 48 min. On the Swiss Plateau 15 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, 16 January 2025 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,600 mStation above 1,600 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 16/01/2025 · 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, 16/01.

Stations without a minute of sun: 16

Lägern845 m0 min
Bière684 m0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min
Koppigen485 m0 min
Mühleberg480 m0 min
Nyon / Changins458 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m8 h 48 min
Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 47 min
Titlis3,045 m8 h 45 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m7 h 54 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,700 m

All measurements of Thu, 16/01

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 ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	15 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	1 min	0 min	7 h 16 min
Titlis3,045 m	48 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	0 min	8 h 45 min
Säntis2,501 m	46 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	2 min	8 h 48 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	0 min	7 h 54 min
Pilatus2,105 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	11 min	0 min	7 h 46 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	37 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	11 min	8 h 47 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	18 min	60 min	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	9 min	7 h 9 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	14 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	7 min	5 h 21 min
Napf1,404 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	21 min	60 min	56 min	16 min	23 min	48 min	0 min	3 h 44 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	50 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	17 min	0 min	5 h 7 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	3 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	10 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	19 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min
La Brévine1,050 m	0 min	0 min	6 min	0 min	50 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	43 min	0 min	4 h 39 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	56 min	60 min	60 min	44 min	36 min	0 min	4 h 17 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	37 min	60 min	60 min	39 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 16 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	18 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	38 min	0 min	6 h 56 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	16 min	51 min	43 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	49 min	0 min	6 h 39 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	5 min	0 min	6 min
Einsiedeln911 m	7 min	47 min	53 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	25 min	0 min	7 h 12 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	15 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	15 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	1 min	8 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	43 min	0 min	4 h 52 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	31 min	60 min	56 min	50 min	45 min	52 min	22 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 16 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	12 min	29 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	6 min	0 min	4 h 47 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	19 min	60 min	17 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 36 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	20 min	59 min	50 min	10 min	28 min	0 min	2 h 47 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	5 min	8 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 12 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	2 min	49 min	55 min	29 min	23 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 38 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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