Fog report Tue, 12/21

Name: Fog report Tue, 12/21/2021: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,300 m, sun above it.

Most sun: La Dôle with 8 h 23 min. On the Swiss Plateau 29 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,300 mStation above 1,300 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 12/21/2021 · 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 Tue, 12/21.

Stations without a minute of sun: 35

Chaumont1,136 m0 min
Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
Lägern845 m0 min
Oron828 m0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min

Longest in the sun

La Dôle1,670 m8 h 23 min
Säntis2,501 m8 h 18 min
Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 17 min
Chasseral1,594 m8 h 16 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,400 m

All measurements of Tue, 12/21

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	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	29 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	39 min	0 min	7 h 8 min
Säntis2,501 m	47 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	31 min	8 h 18 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	23 min	7 h 23 min
Pilatus2,105 m	23 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	54 min	0 min	7 h 17 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	45 min	8 h 17 min
La Dôle1,670 m	33 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	50 min	8 h 23 min
Chasseral1,594 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	41 min	8 h 16 min
Napf1,404 m	31 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	34 min	8 h 5 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	33 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	1 min	5 h 34 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	27 min	15 min	43 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	21 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	24 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	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	58 min	60 min	20 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 18 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	15 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	12 min	6 h 27 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	6 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	8 min	7 h 14 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	1 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	4 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	42 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	26 min	0 min	1 h 12 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Oron828 m	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	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Frutigen756 m	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	34 min	60 min	35 min	0 min	2 h 9 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	1 min	4 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	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	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

For the press

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Measurements as CSV

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss