Fog report Sat, 2/13
Fog lid at 1,500–1,600 m, sun above it.
Most sun: Säntis with 10 h 5 min. On the Swiss Plateau 14 of 36 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.
Measured on Saturday, February 13, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations
Sun staircase · 2/13/2021 · measured
Sun by altitude at 63 weather stations
Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Sat, 2/13.
Stations without a minute of sun: 25
- Napf1,404 m0 min
- Adelboden1,321 m0 min
- Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min
- Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
- Engelberg1,036 m0 min
- Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min
Longest in the sun
- Säntis2,501 m10 h 5 min
- Pilatus2,105 m9 h 42 min
- St. Chrischona493 m9 h 31 min
- Hallau419 m9 h 29 min
Above the fog lid: summits from 1,700 m
All measurements of Sat, 2/13
Minutes of sun per hour at 63 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.
| Station · hour ending | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungfraujoch3,571 m | 9 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 16 min | 0 min | 8 h 25 min |
| Säntis2,501 m | 26 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 39 min | 10 h 5 min |
| Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m | 0 min | 18 min | 39 min | 44 min | 34 min | 36 min | 24 min | 54 min | 42 min | 60 min | 26 min | 6 h 17 min |
| Pilatus2,105 m | 9 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 57 min | 36 min | 9 h 42 min |
| Le Moléson1,974 m | 0 min | 38 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 28 min | 9 h 6 min |
| La Dôle1,670 m | 11 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 14 min | 9 h 25 min |
| Chasseral1,594 m | 15 min | 60 min | 1 min | 24 min | 57 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 29 min | 8 h 6 min |
| Napf1,404 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Adelboden1,321 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Chaumont1,136 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 17 min | 42 min | 57 min | 60 min | 50 min | 20 min | 4 h 6 min |
| Hörnli1,133 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 19 min | 58 min | 60 min | 60 min | 34 min | 3 h 51 min |
| Plaffeien1,042 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Engelberg1,036 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Château-d'Oex1,028 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 14 min | 0 min | 32 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 23 min | 5 h 9 min |
| Bantiger942 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Einsiedeln911 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Uetliberg854 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 5 min | 54 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 28 min | 4 h 27 min |
| Lägern845 m | 0 min | 0 min | 22 min | 55 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 26 min | 7 h 43 min |
| Oron828 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| St. Gallen776 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 29 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 15 min | 5 h 44 min |
| Frutigen756 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Langnau i.E.744 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 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 | 0 min |
| Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Ebnat-Kappel623 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 58 min | 9 min | 0 min | 1 h 7 min |
| Rünenberg611 m | 0 min | 0 min | 47 min | 46 min | 52 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 30 min | 7 h 55 min |
| Zürich / Fluntern604 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 11 min | 22 min | 59 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 30 min | 5 h 2 min |
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