Day 100

[Cleveland_Collector]

Originally Posted by ZnGuy

^^as Sgt Joe Friday used to say 'just the facts, (ma'am)
I think your numbers are just a bit off the National Climatic Data Center says Cleveland has about 66 days of sun, atleas it isn't as bad as some towns in Alaska..but only by a few days.
Sunny and cloudy U.S. places | cleveland.com=

Joe Friday is a fictional character created to appeal to people without the ability to see the forest through the trees.

The National Climactic Data Center and I mostly agree. My criteria was simple: any day with 6+ hours of sunshine during daylight hours would be counted as a day with ample sun. Besides, I'll usually tend to trust my own 2 eyes over some radar sampled assessment on matters such as these.

Originally Posted by JR_C

I like this link better because it explains what makes a "CLear day" vs. a "Partly Cloudy day" vs. a "Cloudy Day" at the bottom:
Comparative Climate Data

For example, a "cloudy day" with 10 hours of daylight could still have up to 2 hours of clear sunshine.

According to the chart, on average, Cleveland has a total of 163 "clear" and "partly cloudy" days in a year. C_C's number of 182 doesn't seem that far off, to me.

That's because it isn't. Essentially, our data disagrees on the assessment of whether 1.6 days per month qualify for the PC/CL threshold. It seems logical that a day where the sun is visible for over half of the daylight hours would be considered partly cloudy at a minimum.

[ZnGuy]

Originally Posted by Cleveland_Collector

Joe Friday is a fictional character created to appeal to people without the ability to see the forest through the trees.

The National Climactic Data Center and I mostly agree. My criteria was simple: any day with 6+ hours of sunshine during daylight hours would be counted as a day with ample sun. Besides, I'll usually tend to trust my own 2 eyes over some radar sampled assessment on matters such as these.



That's because it isn't. Essentially, our data disagrees on the assessment of whether 1.6 days per month qualify for the PC/CL threshold. It seems logical that a day where the sun is visible for over half of the daylight hours would be considered partly cloudy at a minimum.

As I said it is still all relative regardless what type of parameters your study uses and doesn't changethe fact that NE Ohio still has more cloudy days than most cities in the US. I also lived in CLE for over 20 years and can certainly see that other areas of country, i.e. my current residence has atleast 30% more sun.

[Cleveland_Collector]

So what? The point is, it is sunny at least half the time here. Clouds, regardless of what sun worshippers believe, are actually a good thing as well.

Today is a good example of how erratic the rankings are. There is full sun and barely a cloud in the sky and NOAA's computer is ranking the day as partly cloudy. It's completely absurd.

[Peregrine]

Yea, yesterday was a gorgeous sunny day. 4th or 5th day with sun in a row.