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Fog report Fri, 11/12

Fog lid at 700–1,400 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 9 h 1 min. On the Swiss Plateau 20 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, November 12, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,400 mStation above 1,400 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 11/12/2021 · 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 Fri, 11/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 25

  • Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
  • Bischofszell / Sitterdorf507 m0 min
  • Bad Ragaz497 m0 min
  • Payerne490 m0 min
  • Koppigen485 m0 min
  • Neuchâtel485 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Säntis2,501 m9 h 1 min
  • Uetliberg854 m8 h 55 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m8 h 54 min
  • Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 53 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,500 m

All measurements of Fri, 11/12

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 ending891011121314151617Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m8 min43 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min0 min7 h 24 min
Säntis2,501 m21 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min40 min9 h 1 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min32 min54 min60 min60 min60 min59 min60 min60 min35 min8 h
Pilatus2,105 m12 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min15 min8 h 27 min
Le Moléson1,974 m10 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min47 min8 h 53 min
La Dôle1,670 m0 min37 min17 min59 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min47 min7 h 40 min
Chasseral1,594 m9 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min45 min8 h 54 min
Napf1,404 m9 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min37 min8 h 46 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min1 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min58 min0 min5 h 59 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m0 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min8 min8 h 4 min
Chaumont1,136 m0 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min23 min8 h 19 min
Hörnli1,133 m10 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min32 min8 h 42 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min8 h 28 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min1 min59 min60 min60 min60 min60 min30 min0 min0 min5 h 30 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min2 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min19 min7 h 21 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m0 min49 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min41 min8 h 30 min
Bantiger942 m0 min55 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min8 h 28 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min10 min7 h 46 min
Uetliberg854 m22 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min33 min8 h 55 min
Lägern845 m0 min51 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min22 min8 h 13 min
Oron828 m0 min48 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min29 min8 h 17 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min17 min48 min29 min0 min0 min34 min2 min32 min0 min2 h 42 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min20 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min49 min0 min6 h 9 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min58 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min8 h 26 min
Bière684 m0 min45 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min60 min32 min8 h 16 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min10 min47 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min22 min7 h 19 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min43 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min9 min0 min6 h 52 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min43 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min8 h 11 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min34 min13 min0 min47 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

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