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Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Originally Posted by MrMarbles
I think Southeastern China is a better reference point than Australia. Hong Kong, for example, is at the latitude of Cuba but receives less sunshine than Toronto. Shanghi receives even less.
Chongqing gets like 1000 hours but that's including pollution. That's like western Scotland!
Many places in the Southeast of the US in summer get at least 4 inches per summer month, yet they still manage 8-9 even 10 hours of bright sunshine a day! Perth, which gets a mere 8mm (0.3 inches) over 3 days manages 11 hours, only slightly more. Sydney, which gets similar totals to places in South Carolina, gets less than 7 hours. How does the region manage to be so wet yet still so sunny in summer? And why is the pattern different to places like the East coast of Australia?
Late summer can often be sort of..gloomy..when extreme humidity causes haze and clouds to build without a abundance of rain. At least the gulf states are like that in August-early Sept.
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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I checked the NOAA stats against last night and saw that most Southern cities got at least 9-10 cloudy days per summer month, which again leaves me with my head scratching. It a month is roughly divided into 10 cloudy, 10 partly cloudy and 10 clear days that sounds more like 50% sunshine. 50% sunshine is not 9 hours it's closer to 7 hours.
I hate that it's so sunny here in the summer. It's like we almost never get any relief from the heat. Constant, blinding, burning sun, no wind, 70+ degree dew points, it's just a terrible combination. A cloudy day and a little wind would be a wonderful relief in July and August, but it rarely happens.
I can't imagine living down there. I find the summers here in New Jersey bad enough!
This week seems to be the typical April preview to summer. High might reach 87 this week!
80s through Thursday. Thankfully cooling back into the 40s and 50s this weekend.
I can attest for Lamplight's comment....I used to live in North GA (which is farther south than mid-TN) and yes the summers are BRIGHT and relentless...but at least they end
I checked the NOAA stats against last night and saw that most Southern cities got at least 9-10 cloudy days per summer month, which again leaves me with my head scratching. It a month is roughly divided into 10 cloudy, 10 partly cloudy and 10 clear days that sounds more like 50% sunshine. 50% sunshine is not 9 hours it's closer to 7 hours.
I'd like to know definitions of "partly cloudy", "clear", and "cloudy". For example, 20% of the sky is cloudy, is it clear or partly cloudy? 10%? Or if the day is almost completely cloudy but sun comes out for half an hour, what kind of day is it?
I checked the NOAA stats against last night and saw that most Southern cities got at least 9-10 cloudy days per summer month, which again leaves me with my head scratching. It a month is roughly divided into 10 cloudy, 10 partly cloudy and 10 clear days that sounds more like 50% sunshine. 50% sunshine is not 9 hours it's closer to 7 hours.
Refer to my comment in the "best city climate" thread.
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