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Old 09-14-2008, 01:19 PM
 
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i was reading a post where one person told another that if they move from northeast to oregon to prepare for more grey days. i thought the northeast got alot of grey days also, am i wrong?
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Old 09-14-2008, 01:48 PM
 
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
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The NE gets alot of grey days in the winter. The lack of sun light is probably depressing for many but the beautiful landscape has to make up for it.
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Old 09-14-2008, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Scarsdale, NY
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i was reading a post where one person told another that if they move from northeast to oregon to prepare for more grey days. i thought the northeast got alot of grey days also, am i wrong?
It's a lot sunnier here than it is in Florida. But I have heard that New York's the sunniest state east of the MS River. It's 90 degrees here (at my house) now, a little sun peaking through some clouds.
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Old 09-14-2008, 04:21 PM
 
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I think it depends on where in the NE, for example:

All stats from weatherbase.com

City - Clear Days - Cloudy - Partly Cloudy - Rainy Days

NYC 107 132 127 121
Portland 68 223 74 151
Seattle 71 201 93 150
Pittsburgh 58 204 103 153

A New Yorker might not be used to as much gray as the NW, but Pittsburgh's stats are very similar and probably actual even worse.

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Old 09-14-2008, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Marietta, GA
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The NE gets alot of grey days in the winter.
Actually, not the case. I grew up in NY, lived in New England for 15 years, and did a lot of flying as a private pilot while in New England. Flying in the winter was the best, because of the arctic high pressure systems that would bring numbing cold, but also deep blue skies and virtually unlimited visibility.

I used to go out to Seattle quite a bit in the winter, and while the warmer temps were nice, the drizzly, grey days were a real bummer. In the northeast during the winter, except when it snows, you generally have nice blue skies and sunshine.
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Old 09-14-2008, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
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Actually, not the case. I grew up in NY, lived in New England for 15 years, and did a lot of flying as a private pilot while in New England. Flying in the winter was the best, because of the arctic high pressure systems that would bring numbing cold, but also deep blue skies and virtually unlimited visibility.

I used to go out to Seattle quite a bit in the winter, and while the warmer temps were nice, the drizzly, grey days were a real bummer. In the northeast during the winter, except when it snows, you generally have nice blue skies and sunshine.

Thanks for clearing that up.
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Old 09-14-2008, 05:23 PM
 
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I can say with absolute certainty that the winters in WI are far grayer and gloomier than in northern New England. Maine actually has quite a bit of sun in the Winter.
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Old 09-15-2008, 12:19 PM
 
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I can say with absolute certainty that the winters in WI are far grayer and gloomier than in northern New England. Maine actually has quite a bit of sun in the Winter.
Well, they dont have sunshine % for places like Montpelier, but they did have one for Buffalo, and NO, its not sunnier than WI. Buffalo's winter sunshine % is in the 20/30% range, which is almost as bad as Seattle:
Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Milwaukee is in the upper 30s and upper 40s range for sunshine %.
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Old 09-15-2008, 12:29 PM
 
Location: Marietta, GA
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Well, they dont have sunshine % for places like Montpelier, but they did have one for Buffalo, and NO, its not sunnier than WI. Buffalo's winter sunshine % is in the 20/30% range, which is almost as bad as Seattle:
Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Milwaukee is in the upper 30s and upper 40s range for sunshine %.
Buffalo isn't really the "northeast" in a true sense. It's in the generally northeast part of the US, but is at the extreme western part of NYS, away from the coast and right near western PA and Ohio. It's 400 miles from NYC.
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Old 09-15-2008, 12:33 PM
 
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Well, they dont have sunshine % for places like Montpelier, but they did have one for Buffalo, and NO, its not sunnier than WI. Buffalo's winter sunshine % is in the 20/30% range, which is almost as bad as Seattle:
Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Milwaukee is in the upper 30s and upper 40s range for sunshine %.
The difference between Buffalo and Seattle is that while it is 45 degrees in Seattle in January it is 5 degrees in Buffalo.
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