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Fog report Sat, 10/9

Fog lid at 1,500–1,800 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Pilatus with 11 h 2 min. On the Swiss Plateau 4 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday, October 9, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,800 mStation above 1,800 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 10/9/2021 · measured

Sun by altitude at 64 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Sat, 10/9.

Stations without a minute of sun: 12

  • Napf1,404 m0 min
  • Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
  • Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min
  • Einsiedeln911 m0 min
  • Oron828 m0 min
  • Frutigen756 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Pilatus2,105 m11 h 2 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m10 h 57 min
  • Säntis2,501 m10 h 44 min
  • Jungfraujoch3,571 m9 h 4 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,900 m

All measurements of Sat, 10/9

Minutes of sun per hour at 64 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending8910111213141516171819Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m0 min47 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min17 min0 min9 h 4 min
Säntis2,501 m7 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min10 h 44 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min13 min0 min8 h 49 min
Pilatus2,105 m17 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min11 h 2 min
Le Moléson1,974 m3 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min54 min10 h 57 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min0 min0 min2 min42 min36 min54 min11 min4 min1 min0 min4 min2 h 34 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min35 min39 min55 min42 min22 min33 min14 min4 h 2 min
Napf1,404 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min9 min0 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min11 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min5 min0 min0 min9 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min4 min8 min9 min18 min0 min39 min
Hörnli1,133 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min6 min36 min23 min26 min26 min0 min1 h 57 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min0 min0 min5 min44 min53 min27 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 h 9 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min0 min0 min1 min23 min32 min54 min60 min60 min58 min52 min26 min6 h 6 min
Bantiger942 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min14 min14 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min3 min48 min26 min48 min21 min26 min2 h 52 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min16 min43 min59 min26 min55 min55 min56 min19 min5 h 29 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min13 min51 min58 min36 min44 min22 min3 min3 h 47 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min2 min0 min28 min9 min0 min39 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min28 min35 min35 min59 min60 min60 min60 min59 min19 min6 h 55 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min23 min5 min18 min55 min48 min42 min52 min24 min4 h 27 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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Source: MeteoSwiss