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Fog report Tue, 2/9

Fog lid at 1,800–2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Gütsch, Andermatt with 5 h 38 min. On the Swiss Plateau 10 of 36 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 2/9/2021 · measured

Sun by altitude at 62 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Tue, 2/9.

Stations without a minute of sun: 20

  • Napf1,404 m0 min
  • Adelboden1,321 m0 min
  • Hörnli1,133 m0 min
  • Einsiedeln911 m0 min
  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • Oron828 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m5 h 38 min
  • Jungfraujoch3,571 m5 h 31 min
  • Château-d'Oex1,028 m4 h 59 min
  • Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m4 h 31 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Tue, 2/9

Minutes of sun per hour at 62 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending89101112131415161718Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min0 min10 min49 min60 min60 min60 min58 min34 min0 min0 min5 h 31 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min4 min58 min33 min9 min37 min55 min47 min60 min28 min7 min5 h 38 min
Pilatus2,105 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min38 min57 min54 min45 min3 min0 min3 h 17 min
Le Moléson1,974 m0 min0 min0 min19 min60 min56 min37 min0 min0 min8 min0 min3 h
La Dôle1,670 m0 min49 min45 min50 min44 min19 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 h 27 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min2 min54 min1 min0 min0 min0 min58 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min17 min30 min54 min60 min60 min47 min3 min0 min0 min0 min4 h 31 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min3 min0 min25 min34 min59 min41 min3 min0 min0 min2 h 45 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min0 min24 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min26 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min0 min36 min60 min60 min60 min58 min0 min0 min25 min0 min4 h 59 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min14 min33 min2 min0 min0 min0 min49 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min1 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min1 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min2 min20 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min10 min1 min33 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 min0 min0 min0 min6 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min7 min0 min0 min7 min
Bière684 m0 min7 min36 min60 min60 min52 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 h 35 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min9 min0 min0 min0 min0 min25 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss