Does Denver have lots of days when the sky is clear of clouds? (Pueblo: 2015, living in)

[poibon77]

Originally Posted by Hschlick84

Partly cloudy days doesn't count as sunny days. Come to Vegas or Phoenix, we have actual clear days. Where I live currently in Yavapai county, the longest we had sunny days without clouds was 2 weeks straight in June, it was nice. When I lived up in Denver, you hardly ever have more than 2 days straight of clear days without afternoon thunderstorms.

Exactly. Very true. I used to live in the Yavapai county by the way, particularly Prescott.

[Timmyy]

I love the sun in the mornings here. It lasts well into the afternoon most days and then the clouds come in and it tends to cool down. It also makes for great sunsets. Fall has the best blue skies of the year.

I just got back from Prescott Valley and there was only one day where it got cloudy and rainy. Very pleasant.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Hschlick84

Partly cloudy days doesn't count as sunny days. Come to Vegas or Phoenix, we have actual clear days. Where I live currently in Yavapai county, the longest we had sunny days without clouds was 2 weeks straight in June, it was nice. When I lived up in Denver, you hardly ever have more than 2 days straight of clear days without afternoon thunderstorms.

From another thread (edited out irrelevant information)

Originally Posted by manitopiaaa

The Big 21 American cities and annual hours of sunshine + the Big 6 Canadian cities + Victoria:

1. Atlanta: 2738
2. Boston: 2634
3. Chicago: 2508
4. Cleveland: 2280
5. Dallas: 2850
6. Denver: 3107
7. Detroit: 2436
8. Houston: 2578
9. Los Angeles: 3246
10. Miami: 3154
11. Minneapolis: 2711
12. New York: 2535
13. Orlando: 2930
14. Philadelphia: 2498
15. Phoenix: 3872
16. Portland: 2341
17. San Diego: 3055
18. San Francisco: 2950
19. Seattle: 2170
20. Tampa: 2927
21. Washington: 2528

1. Calgary: 2396
2. Edmonton: 2345
3. Montreal: 2051
4. Ottawa: 2084
5. Toronto: 2066
6. Vancouver: 1938
7. Victoria: 2109

Now let's rank them

1. Phoenix 3872
2. Los Angeles 3246
3. Miami 3154
4. Denver 3107
5. San Diego 3055
6. San Francisco 2950
7. Orlando 2930
8. Tampa 2927
9. Dallas 2850
10. Atlanta 2738
11. Minneapolis 2711
12. Boston 2634
13. Houston 2578
14. New York 2535
15. Washington 2528
16. Chicago 2508
17. Philadelphia 2498
18. Detroit 2436
19. Calgary 2396
20. Edmonton 2345
21. Portland 2341
22. Cleveland 2280
23. Seattle 2170
24. Victoria 2109
25. Ottawa 2084
26. Toronto 2066
27. Montreal 2051
28. Vancouver 1938

Denver is the 4th sunniest large city in the US and one of only 5 out of 21 to have >3000 hrs of sunshine annually.

[poibon77]

Originally Posted by Katarina Witt

Denver is the 4th sunniest large city in the US and one of only 5 out of 21 to have >3000 hrs of sunshine annually.

Yes, we see that, but that does not mean the sky is clear during those hours.

[TCHP]

Originally Posted by poibon77

Well that's not how I define it. But I was curious to know how often the sky was totally clear of clouds, which you've sorta already mentioned. I've also heard they get relatively few of totally clear days but a whole lot of days where the sun comes out for least an hour.

Then how would you define it?

Several different sources have been presented.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by poibon77

Yes, we see that, but that does not mean the sky is clear during those hours.

So that doesn't count?

[poibon77]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

So that doesn't count?

No it does not count. This thread has absolutely nothing to do with how much sunshine Denver gets. I has to do with how often Denver experiences clear skies. Reread the title of the thread.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by poibon77

Yes, we see that, but that does not mean the sky is clear during those hours.

Originally Posted by poibon77

No it does not count. This thread has absolutely nothing to do with how much sunshine Denver gets. I has to do with how often Denver experiences clear skies. Reread the title of the thread.

You seem to not understand that it can't be sunny if there is heavy cloud cover, and that the more sunshine, the fewer clouds.

[MsMetal]

I wouldn't say there's a lot of completely clear days, even though they may be sunny, even mostly sunny. Sunny is not mutually exclusive with clouds. Even beautiful sunny all day, days, often still have puffy cumulous clouds or some wispy high level thin clouds or even a lenticular cloud or two. On rare occasions I've seen iridescent mountain clouds on sunny days. It's rare to have days without any clouds in the sky at all & as others have mentioned, we often have afternoon t-storms. Most often on sunny days, it's the high, thin, wispy clouds that we have.

That's not about the amount of sunshine we get, as the day can still be 90% sunny, even 100% sunny, but there are still clouds in the sky on sunny days. The clouds to me, provide interest, esp at sunrise & sunset. Without the clouds, sunrise/sunset can be pretty boring here (or anywhere for that matter).

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by poibon77

No it does not count. This thread has absolutely nothing to do with how much sunshine Denver gets. I has to do with how often Denver experiences clear skies. Reread the title of the thread.

Unless the clear skies are happening at night time, clear skies = sunshine.