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koyaanisqatsi · 03-19-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Trimac20

^ awm and cc,

Perth RO gets a daily average of 7.9 hours a day, which equals 2870 hours a year. Perth airport 8.4 hours which is over 3000 hours.

3200 hours is a bit high even for sunny Perth; we're talking LA sunny. Geraldton probably gets over 3200 hours.

At the Regional site (1898 - 1992) sun averaged 2893 hrs.
Aero site (1992 - open) averages 3208 hours.

(Figures collected from BOM, the official government weather agency).

Airports tends to be noticeably sunnier than the city as is the case in many other Australian cities. Sunshine values has always lower in the city because of obstructions from buildings, tall trees etc and also the local topography such as hills etc, can have adverse effects on readings.

Botev1912 · 03-19-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by §AB

somewhere in the range of 3000-3500 would be nice.

Melbourne has only 2000

i can't believe Seattle is sunnier than Melbourne

Botev1912 · 03-19-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

what I was talking about is sun and rain at precisely the same time.

this happened in Seattle on Sunday and Monday. I saw a rainbow twice

AnthonySA · 03-19-2009, 02:13 PM

3500-4000 hrs is nice

ausweatherman · 03-19-2009, 06:09 PM

Here are a list of Aussie places, data is from bom.gov.au

1. Broome (NW Western Aus) 3504 hours
2. Alice Springs ( Desert) 3504 hours
3. Darwin ( Northern Aus) 3102 hours
4. Perth ( Western Aus) 2883 hours
5. Canberra (Capital) 2810 hours
6. Adelaide ( South Aus) 2774 hours
7. Cairns ( Northern Qld) 2701 hours
8. Brisbane (Southern Qld) 2701 hours
9. Sydney ( Eastern Aus) 2482 hours
10. Albany ( Southern West Aus) 2372 hours
11. Melbourne ( Southern Aus) 2190 hours
12. Hobart ( Tasmania) 2153 hours
13. Strathgordon ( Western Tasmania) 1496 hours
14. Maquarie Island ( Offshore island) 839 hours

§AB · 03-19-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ausweatherman

how many hours of sun a year does Perth have?

too many.

§AB · 03-19-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Botev1912

i can't believe Seattle is sunnier than Melbourne

most of the world is sunnier than Melbourne, as is about 98% of AUstralia, tasmania included.

Trimac20 · 03-19-2009, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by §AB

most of the world is sunnier than Melbourne, as is about 98% of AUstralia, tasmania included.

Melbourne is cloudier than it should be...Hobart is slightly sunnier than Melbourne, actually. Western Tasmania is the cloudiest part of Australia though.

Tennesseestorm · 03-19-2009, 10:46 PM

mmmm... I will say about 2900-3100 hours. That may be what we get anyway.... maybe a little less since we are in a mountainous terrain.

koyaanisqatsi · 03-19-2009, 11:24 PM

Sydney Airport (1976 - open) averages 2627 hours of sun annually and 2461 hours at the Observatory Hill site (1931 - 1992).

We get most of the sun during the "drier" season (August - December) when westerlies along with increasing length of daylight are at their peak, however it varies monthly and yearly.

I'm happy with 2000 hours give or take. Would definitely not live in a place that has over 3000 hours.