Fog report Thu, 12/5

Name: Fog report Thu, 12/5/2024: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,800–2,200 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 6 h 7 min. On the Swiss Plateau 6 of 44 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday, December 5, 2024 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,200 mStation above 2,200 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 12/5/2024 · 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, 12/5.

Stations without a minute of sun: 6

Lägern845 m0 min
Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
Schaffhausen438 m0 min
Hallau419 m0 min
Leibstadt341 m0 min
Beznau326 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m6 h 7 min
Bad Ragaz497 m5 h 37 min
Titlis3,045 m5 h 32 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m5 h 23 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,300 m

All measurements of Thu, 12/5

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 ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	42 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	45 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 27 min
Titlis3,045 m	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	32 min	0 min	5 h 32 min
Säntis2,501 m	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	50 min	17 min	6 h 7 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	11 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	60 min	59 min	18 min	5 h 23 min
Pilatus2,105 m	49 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	52 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 37 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	47 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	31 min	15 min	0 min	4 h 25 min
La Dôle1,670 m	47 min	55 min	36 min	48 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 7 min
Chasseral1,594 m	14 min	60 min	50 min	1 min	27 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 32 min
Napf1,404 m	45 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	5 min	2 min	0 min	3 h 52 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	41 min	60 min	24 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 5 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	36 min	60 min	19 min	44 min	5 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 44 min
Chaumont1,136 m	21 min	60 min	53 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 16 min
Hörnli1,133 m	44 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	3 min	0 min	4 h 47 min
La Brévine1,050 m	9 min	60 min	37 min	38 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 28 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	22 min	60 min	60 min	24 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	2 h 48 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	18 min	60 min	26 min	0 min	1 h 44 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	25 min	60 min	44 min	31 min	16 min	0 min	2 h 56 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	14 min	60 min	47 min	13 min	10 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 24 min
Bantiger942 m	44 min	54 min	58 min	18 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 54 min
Einsiedeln911 m	24 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	3 min	0 min	4 h 27 min
Uetliberg854 m	50 min	60 min	59 min	55 min	21 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 5 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Oron828 m	27 min	60 min	56 min	40 min	44 min	2 min	0 min	3 h 49 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	47 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	22 min	2 min	4 h 11 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	54 min	60 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 3 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	24 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	0 min	3 min	0 min	3 h 23 min
Salen-Reutenen719 m	3 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min
Bière684 m	33 min	30 min	9 min	45 min	17 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 14 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	19 min	0 min	47 min	7 min	1 min	14 min	0 min	1 h 28 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	28 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	11 min	0 min	4 h 39 min
Rünenberg611 m	5 min	56 min	53 min	26 min	0 min	17 min	0 min	2 h 37 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	17 min	20 min	38 min	33 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 48 min

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

For the press

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