are there any sunny days in winter? (Boston: move, suburbs)

[rockyroad]

Hi,
I heard it gets very cold and snows in the winter but does the sun manage to peek at all? I am planning a move from California and even though I find the temperatures unbearable in the summer I still like to see the sun!!

[ChunkyMonkey]

Of course, there's nothing like a crisp beautifully sunny winters day in New England with freshly fallen snow. It does get cold, but not as cold as temps in the upper midwest. Generally, expect low temps to be in the teens to 20s. It does get into the single digits in the suburbs. However, below zero temps are quite rare but do happen from time to time. Highs generally are in the 30s.

I would say, you'll have half of the winter with gray weather and half with sunny days. The toughest part to take is really the darkness. The longest night in mid December will see the sun set at 4:10pm, although it rises at 7am so that you will at least see light in the morning.

[rockyroad]

thanks ...makes me feel better as long as there is that glimmer of hope that after a couple of gloomy days might be a sunny one I'm ok!!!

[smarty]

I guess what ChunkyMonkey is saying... you don't see the sun for 4-5 months because you get to work before sunrise and don't get out until after dark.

[LeavingMA]

Yup, the sun does rise in the winter but is down by about 4 pm in the afternoon. If you blink you could miss it.

[skytrekker]

There is no season in New England that has more 'sunshine' then the other. October is known to be a sunny month, but November which follows is said to be the cloudiest. Days with sunshine are pretty much evenly distributed, with perhaps a slight summer maximum.

The earliest sunset occurs in early December, around 4.15-4.20pm the latest sunrise (7.20am) a month later.
The 'darkest' part of the year lasts roughly from early November to early January.

The 'brightest' part of the year, with the most daylight hours is from about mid May to mid July.

[HowGoesIt]

No. There is no sunlight during the winter in Boston. It's is black as night around the clock.

[mhz123]

Sunny days in NE with snow on the ground is absolutely BLINDING. Well it keeps my sunglasses working year round I guess.

[ogre]

Originally Posted by smarty

I guess what ChunkyMonkey is saying... you don't see the sun for 4-5 months because you get to work before sunrise and don't get out until after dark.

Just look out your window, take a walk at lunch, get out and about on days off, and you'll see it. There are quite a few sunny days here during the winter, mixed in with gray days and a fair number of days with a high overcast, but plenty of sunny days. As some have pointed out, there are sometimes really beautiful days with a bright sky and sun sparkling off the snow.

[litlux]

Originally Posted by HowGoesIt

No. There is no sunlight during the winter in Boston. It's is black as night around the clock.

True, but sometimes the aurora borealis is so bright, you would think it was daylight!