Foggy day

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Climatological knowledge

Day temperature T: max / med / min
Day temperature  T : max / med / min

Air temperature dependent days
  • T max  ≥ 35 ° C
  • Desert day
  • T max  ≥ 30 ° C
  • Hot day
  • T min ≥ 20 ° C
  • Tropical night
  • T max ≥ 25 ° C
  • Summer day
  • T med <15 ° C / 12 ° C
  • Heating day
  • T med ≥ 5 ° C
  • Vegetation day
  • T min <0 ° C
  • Frost day
  • T max <0 ° C
  • Ice day
    not uniformly defined: Cold day
    Weather- dependent days
    Cloud cover Bright day
    Cloud cover Cloudy day
    Cloud cover Foggy day
    Humidity / temperature Sultry day
    Precipitation Precipitation day
    Precipitation Rainy day
    Precipitation Hail day
    Precipitation Snow (cover) day
    storm Storm day
    storm Thunderstorm day

    Climatology counts days when fog prevails as fog days . A fog day is reported when the fog definition (visibility less than one kilometer) was fulfilled at some point between midnight and midnight of a day in a horizontal sector with an angle of at least 90 degrees.

    One of the most foggy places in Germany is the top of the Brocken with an average of 306 foggy days a year , which also holds the German one-year record with 330 foggy days in 1958.

    Web links

    Wiktionary: Nebeltag  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

    swell

    1. Note: In contrast to the color markings for the temperature thresholds, the 0 ° C line on the graphic is on the border between turquoise and blue. →  Annual cycle of the graphic (animated)
    2. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Climatological knowledge days in the weather dictionary of the German Weather Service
    3. Germany : 15 ° C according to VDI 2067 ; Austria , Switzerland , Liechtenstein : 12 ° C according to Usance
    4. also T med ≥ 10 ° C: day of the main vegetation period
    5. Brocken at www.harzseite.de , accessed on August 13, 2010
    6. DWD Weather Records - Fog accessed on October 8, 2010