Fog report Fri, 1/17

Name: Fog report Fri, 1/17/2020: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Bad Ragaz with 5 h 48 min. On the Swiss Plateau 2 of 33 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, January 17, 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,000 mStation above 2,000 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 1/17/2020 · measured

Sun by altitude at 57 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Fri, 1/17.

Stations without a minute of sun: 5

La Dôle1,670 m0 min
Fahy596 m0 min
Delémont439 m0 min
Mathod435 m0 min
Genève / Cointrin411 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Bad Ragaz497 m5 h 48 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m4 h 54 min
Pilatus2,105 m4 h 35 min
Vaduz457 m4 h 33 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Fri, 1/17

Minutes of sun per hour at 57 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	33 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	36 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 5 min
Säntis2,501 m	47 min	59 min	44 min	0 min	0 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 37 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	18 min	3 min	14 min	20 min	4 h 54 min
Pilatus2,105 m	37 min	60 min	60 min	48 min	55 min	15 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 35 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	36 min	33 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 13 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Chasseral1,594 m	9 min	3 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	13 min
Napf1,404 m	35 min	60 min	58 min	43 min	20 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 36 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	26 min	32 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 2 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	1 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min
Chaumont1,136 m	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	13 min
Hörnli1,133 m	22 min	58 min	47 min	34 min	27 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 8 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	16 min	54 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 21 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	37 min	58 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 48 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	17 min	14 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	31 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min
Bantiger942 m	21 min	60 min	20 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 41 min
Uetliberg854 m	41 min	60 min	29 min	1 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	0 min	2 h 22 min
Lägern845 m	20 min	43 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 3 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	30 min	60 min	53 min	11 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 41 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	47 min	43 min	26 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 56 min
Bière684 m	4 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	3 min	42 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	45 min
Rünenberg611 m	19 min	60 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 22 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	15 min	59 min	7 min	0 min	19 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 42 min

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

For the press

Chart and measurements are free to use with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0). Source of the measurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations.

Measurements as CSV

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss