Fog report Sat, 11/20
Fog lid at 900 m, sun above it.
Most sun: Säntis with 9 h 2 min. On the Swiss Plateau 28 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.
Measured on Saturday, November 20, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations
Sun staircase · 11/20/2021 · 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, 11/20.
Stations without a minute of sun: 34
- St. Gallen776 m0 min
- Bière684 m0 min
- Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
- Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min
- Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min
- Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min
Longest in the sun
- Säntis2,501 m9 h 2 min
- Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 59 min
- La Dôle1,670 m8 h 58 min
- Chasseral1,594 m8 h 54 min
Above the fog lid: summits from 1,000 m
All measurements of Sat, 11/20
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 ending | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungfraujoch3,571 m | 2 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 39 min | 0 min | 7 h 41 min |
| Säntis2,501 m | 22 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 40 min | 9 h 2 min |
| Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m | 0 min | 28 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 38 min | 8 h 6 min |
| Pilatus2,105 m | 7 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 57 min | 10 min | 8 h 14 min |
| Le Moléson1,974 m | 8 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 51 min | 8 h 59 min |
| La Dôle1,670 m | 6 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 52 min | 8 h 58 min |
| Chasseral1,594 m | 9 min | 60 min | 60 min | 58 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 47 min | 8 h 54 min |
| Napf1,404 m | 7 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 42 min | 8 h 49 min |
| Adelboden1,321 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 54 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 56 min | 0 min | 5 h 50 min |
| Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m | 0 min | 50 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 16 min | 8 h 6 min |
| Chaumont1,136 m | 0 min | 57 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 57 min | 22 min | 8 h 16 min |
| Hörnli1,133 m | 10 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 35 min | 8 h 45 min |
| Plaffeien1,042 m | 0 min | 46 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 32 min | 8 h 18 min |
| Engelberg1,036 m | 0 min | 0 min | 23 min | 23 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 21 min | 0 min | 0 min | 4 h 7 min |
| Château-d'Oex1,028 m | 0 min | 0 min | 45 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 16 min | 7 h 1 min |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m | 0 min | 43 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 26 min | 8 h 9 min |
| Bantiger942 m | 0 min | 58 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 31 min | 8 h 29 min |
| Einsiedeln911 m | 0 min | 30 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 4 min | 7 h 34 min |
| Uetliberg854 m | 10 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 28 min | 8 h 38 min |
| Lägern845 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2 min | 0 min | 1 min | 0 min | 3 min |
| Oron828 m | 0 min | 41 min | 57 min | 46 min | 7 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 8 min | 2 h 39 min |
| St. Gallen776 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Frutigen756 m | 0 min | 0 min | 14 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 45 min | 0 min | 5 h 59 min |
| Langnau i.E.744 m | 0 min | 49 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 19 min | 8 h 8 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 |
| 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 |
| Ebnat-Kappel623 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
| Rünenberg611 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 15 min | 55 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 60 min | 18 min | 5 h 28 min |
| Zürich / Fluntern604 m | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min |
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