Areas that have climates similar to this... (days, places, world)

[RichardW]

July sunshine in Buxton, Derbyshire this year: 78 hours, percentage of maximum possible: 16.2%

It is the dullest for over 40 years. I would swap location with anyone else in the northern hemisphere this summer. Nowhere in the entire northern hemisphere is cloudier than we are this month (even the shetland islands etc...).

[B1987]

^^ That's shocking! I thought we'd had an awful month for sunshine with 144 hours so far.

[RichardW]

Originally Posted by B1987

^^ That's shocking! I thought we'd had an awful month for sunshine with 144 hours so far.

Yes I think it's pathetic, and I can't wait to leave this sodding hell hole, thank God it won't be long now.

I'm not from around here you see, I only had to move here in April 2003 then I was living in Lincoln between August 2006 and July 2009 before being here again until a couple of months time hopefully.

Before being here in April 2003 I lived in Berkshire, where summers are a totally different thing altogether from Fuxton's eternal misery.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by B1987

Here's a picture I found on Flickr, taken in Central London in February. A fairly typical scene.

Your picture looks like early-mid April in Toronto.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by ADGreen

Have to agree with the bolded comment.

I care more about sunshine than temperatures. For me it is about the warming effect of sun on skin, and also the fact it brightens up colours etc - that can be very uplifting.

Grey depresses me - even if it is 20C I would trade that for full sun and 15C.

With a -15 C windchill, sun does not have a "warming effect on skin."

[middleoftheroad]

"Are there any areas in the US that have a climate similar to what you would find in the San Diego area......"


What does that have to do with the price of tea in Shanghai? The OP said in the US... Seems like someone interested in moving somewhere warmer, and that WOULDN'T be England, OR OZ. (since neither are in the US!)

jus' sayin'..........

[ilovehuskies]

Originally Posted by B1987

The sunniest parts of the UK on the central south coast get between 1900-2000 hours of sun on average. London gets 1630 hours and parts of the Scottish Highlands can get less than 1000.

Here's a picture I found on Flickr, taken in Central London in February. A fairly typical scene.

Looks like a typical winter day in San Francisco area, too.

Going back to the topic at hand, have you (OP) considered Hawaii? I have heard it is expensive there but am not sure how much. But the weather is very nice there - not too hot and not too cold.

[nei]

Originally Posted by B1987

The sunniest parts of the UK on the central south coast get between 1900-2000 hours of sun on average. London gets 1630 hours and parts of the Scottish Highlands can get less than 1000.

Here's a picture I found on Flickr, taken in Central London in February. A fairly typical scene.

As I said, that doesn't like winter to me, that's spring. Real winter is when everything is brown and dead and no plant life; it's all frozen.

Daffodils are one of the first plants to bloom in spring. They usually come early April here or late March if it's a good year.

[deneb78]

Originally Posted by B1987

The sunniest parts of the UK on the central south coast get between 1900-2000 hours of sun on average. London gets 1630 hours and parts of the Scottish Highlands can get less than 1000.

Here's a picture I found on Flickr, taken in Central London in February. A fairly typical scene.

That also looks like late February/Early March here in Vancouver with the exception that the skies would be cloudier generally than that.

[deneb78]

Originally Posted by nei

As I said, that doesn't like winter to me, that's spring. Real winter is when everything is brown and dead and no plant life; it's all frozen.

Daffodils are one of the first plants to bloom in spring. They usually come early April here or late March if it's a good year.

Winter is different to different people depending on where you live... people who live in Orlando would probably consider 65F and sunny skies to be the dead of winter...