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Old 12-15-2013, 05:45 AM
 
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Here in the Northeast I like to keep track of the weather on Christmas Day. 8 out of 10 times it is cloudy. Many times there is no specific storm or low pressure system mentioned, but instead it's just cloudy. A dark grey low overcast.

Why is it cloudy so often in late December?
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Old 12-15-2013, 05:52 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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2012 - cloudy
2011 - cloudy
2010 - sunny
2009 - cloudy
2008 - cloudy
2007 - cloudy
2006 - cloudy

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Old 12-15-2013, 06:00 AM
 
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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2012 - cloudy
2011 - sunny
2010 - cloudy
2009 - cloudy (with a high of 20.1c)
2008 - cloudy
2007 - cloudy
2006 - cloudy
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:06 AM
 
Location: Finland
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2012 - cloudy
2011 - mostly cloudy
2010 - cloudy
2009 - cloudy
2008 - cloudy
2007 - cloudy
2006 - partly cloudy

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Old 12-15-2013, 06:21 AM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Anecdotally I'd say about 70% of Christmas Days in Perth are practically clear 20% have at least 2 oktas cloud at some point in the day and 10% are mostly cloudy and/or some rain.

Source: Weather Underground, Perth Airport

2012 - clear 38C
2011 - clear 31C
2010 - clear 40C
2009 - clear 36C
2008 - clear 28C
2007 - clear/smoke 41C
2006 - clear 34C
2005 - partly cloudy 30C
2004 - afternoon thunderstorm 39C
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:22 AM
 
Location: Glasgow, UK
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For some reason, in the 2000s we seemed to have had an abnormally high proportion of sunny Christmas Days (considering that we average just over 1 hour of sunshine per day in December), but I didn't actually keep records nor would I be able to find them. I wasn't here for Christmas 2012, but Christmas 2011 was cloudy, wet and exceptionally mild. In 2010, I think that there was some freezing rain but also some sunshine.
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Old 12-15-2013, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Melbourne, Aus
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Cold and cloudy usually, and this year looks to be no different
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Old 12-15-2013, 07:01 AM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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Probs about 990000 percent.
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Old 12-15-2013, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Trondheim, Norway - 63 N
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Trondheim, recorded at 13:00:

2012 partly cloudy
2011 cloudy and rain
2010 partly cloudy (and cold, -13.9C)
2009 mostly clear

No data for cloudiness further back at Trondheim-Voll, only temperature and wind.
But using Trondheim Airport Værnes I can get data for one more year.

2008 partly cloudy, risk of rain

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Old 12-15-2013, 09:19 AM
 
Location: York
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60% of the time, they're cloudy every time.
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