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Right off the bat, it's definitely going to be a Mediterranean climate, because those get a lot of sunny days in the summer and a decent amount of cloudy days in the winter.
At first I thought Seattle seemed like a good contender (65% in July and 20% in December means a difference of 45%), but then I found this climate in Turkey, Muş.
88% in August and 21% in January means a difference of 67%, much higher than Seattle.
By the way, stay out of the Polar circles. Amundsen-Scott gets no sunlight hours during the winter, but I don't know whether that would be considered 0% or 100% possible sunshine.
Right off the bat, it's definitely going to be a Mediterranean climate, because those get a lot of sunny days in the summer and a decent amount of cloudy days in the winter.
At first I thought Seattle seemed like a good contender (65% in July and 20% in December means a difference of 45%), but then I found this climate in Turkey, Muş.
88% in August and 21% in January means a difference of 67%, much higher than Seattle.
By the way, stay out of the Polar circles. Amundsen-Scott gets no sunlight hours during the winter, but I don't know whether that would be considered 0% or 100% possible sunshine.
What about Walla Walla, It's a Csa climate in eastern Washington. 80.7% in Jul and 15.0% Dec, a difference of 65.7%, just a bit short of Muş, but Walla Walla has darker winters.
Among non-mediterranean climates, Utsunomiya sees 66% possible sunshine in December/January and 25% in June. Most of winters are almost twice sunnier than summers in absolute hours on the 36th parallel.
Among non-mediterranean climates, Utsunomiya sees 66% possible sunshine in December/January and 25% in June. Most of winters are almost twice sunnier than summers in absolute hours on the 36th parallel.
I don't know how to calculate % but I think some where in the Pontic-Caspian steppe might take that title, just look at Rostov-on-Don it has 313.1 hrs in Jul and 37.2 hrs in Dec and it's a Dfa climate at 47°14′N.
What about Walla Walla, It's a Csa climate in eastern Washington. 80.7% in Jul and 15.0% Dec, a difference of 65.7%, just a bit short of Muş, but Walla Walla has darker winters.
Nice find. A very interesting climate as well.
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Originally Posted by grega94
I don't know how to calculate % but I think some where in the Pontic-Caspian steppe might take that title, just look at Rostov-on-Don it has 313.1 hrs in Jul and 37.2 hrs in Dec and it's a Dfa climate at 47°14′N.
I also don't know how to calculate possible sunshine but I doubt Rostov-on-Don beats Muş because Muş is closer to the equator.
I calculated the sunshine percent of Rostov-on-Don and December gets about 14% sunshine and July gets 65%. So a 51 percantage units of difference. However, it might take the prize in relative terms instead of absolute terms since July is 4.6 times as sunny.
Edit: Nvm, Walla Walla gets over 5 times as much sunshine in summer as winter.
Freaking Salalah, in Oman, has something to say about this.
WTF!! What is going on over there, I thought you were joking but they literally see no sun in the summer, and then full sun in the winter and the place gets almost no rain. I think we have a winner!!
That's a 78.8% difference. Think it wins this one.
Anywhere else with a 70%+ difference?
Those numbers look fishy. They can't be right.
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