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Fog report Thu, 10/31

Fog lid at 900 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Titlis with 10 h 2 min. On the Swiss Plateau 33 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, October 31, 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 900 mStation above 900 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 10/31/2024 · measured

Sun by altitude at 73 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Thu, 10/31.

Stations without a minute of sun: 37

  • Lägern845 m0 min
  • St. Gallen776 m0 min
  • Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min
  • Bière684 m0 min
  • Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
  • Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min

Longest in the sun

  • Titlis3,045 m10 h 2 min
  • Säntis2,501 m9 h 58 min
  • Chasseral1,594 m9 h 52 min
  • La Dôle1,670 m9 h 48 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,000 m

All measurements of Thu, 10/31

Minutes of sun per hour at 73 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending89101112131415161718Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min43 min0 min0 min8 h 16 min
Titlis3,045 m50 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min10 h 2 min
Säntis2,501 m52 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min6 min9 h 58 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min48 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min52 min0 min8 h 40 min
Pilatus2,105 m42 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min59 min49 min2 min9 h 32 min
Le Moléson1,974 m33 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min9 h 45 min
La Dôle1,670 m36 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min9 h 48 min
Chasseral1,594 m40 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min12 min9 h 52 min
Napf1,404 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min4 min9 h 39 min
Adelboden1,321 m0 min0 min15 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min11 min0 min6 h 26 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min23 min0 min8 h 48 min
Chaumont1,136 m28 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min50 min0 min9 h 18 min
Hörnli1,133 m35 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min0 min9 h 32 min
La Brévine1,050 m14 min56 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min6 min9 h 16 min
Plaffeien1,042 m16 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min54 min0 min9 h 10 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min19 min0 min0 min6 h 44 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m0 min27 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min44 min0 min8 h 11 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m13 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min56 min0 min9 h 9 min
Bantiger942 m25 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min57 min0 min9 h 22 min
Einsiedeln911 m0 min40 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min28 min0 min8 h 8 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min2 min0 min0 min0 min21 min29 min27 min39 min45 min0 min2 h 43 min
Lägern845 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Oron828 m0 min0 min0 min39 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min22 min0 min6 h 1 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Frutigen756 m0 min0 min34 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min60 min1 min0 min6 h 35 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min0 min0 min0 min10 min60 min58 min60 min24 min0 min0 min3 h 32 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Bière684 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min0 min0 min3 min0 min0 min5 min60 min60 min24 min0 min2 h 32 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min0 min
no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

For the press

Chart and measurements are free to use with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0). Source of the measurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations.

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Source: MeteoSwiss