Thunderstormmmms (Denver, Yuma: 2015, living in, yard)

[Quietude]

You know, for all that '300 days of sunshine' that's so often debated, a thunderstorm every single afternoon for weeks is pretty destabilizing. Unless it's the sunny mornings and brief clear evenings that make them count in the total.

[Mike from back east]

I always counted those as sunny days. The rainy part was maybe an hour, and the rest of the day the skies were either cloudless (typically in the A.M.) or had high puffy clouds going over (usually after Noon).

My definition of a non-sunny day was any day with solid overcast and no blue sky showing, and with 11 years living in COLO SPGS those kind of days are very rare.

The vast majority of days in COLO SPGS are "mostly sunny" days.

[Quietude]

Okay. Any day that starts out sunny, clouds over before noon, goes black for two hours, rages for a half hour, then clears - in other words, pretty much every day since April - is a sunny day. Got it.

[otowi]

Originally Posted by Quietude

Okay. Any day that starts out sunny, clouds over before noon, goes black for two hours, rages for a half hour, then clears - in other words, pretty much every day since April - is a sunny day. Got it.

Yep. But do understand that this year's weather is not exactly average, either.

[alloo66]

Denver doesn't have 300 days of sunshine. The only major city that has close to that amount is Phoenix, AZ, and small town Yuma, AZ.

I love this weather sun in the morning, cool afternoons and evenings.

[BarryK123]

Good thing I'm in Alaska to escape the heat. Currently 70 and sunny (sun (or daylight, anyway) 24/7 this time of year) near Anchorage.

[AlexTheCat]

Be happy that during these afternoon thunderstorms, we do not get 2 inch hail coming down.

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

So are you asking if there is a standard for what percentage of sunshine during the day makes it a sunny day? "300 days of sunshine" to me means the sun shines sometime during the day every day for 300 days. Are you expecting that to mean that the sun shines all day long for 300 days with no rain at all?

I did some research and found this article to be interesting: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/05/...ood-marketing/

[Quietude]

Mostly, I'd like to get some yard work done, and can't do it in a thunderstorm or while everything is soaking wet. That leaves about an hour around noon, as the clouds gather for the day's repeat.

[Hipchik]

Originally Posted by BarryK123

Good thing I'm in Alaska to escape the heat. Currently 70 and sunny (sun (or daylight, anyway) 24/7 this time of year) near Anchorage.

What heat? It's been cool and rainy. 56 degrees in Denver right now. High of 62 today.
Snowed in the mountains the past two days.
Summery weather - and SUNSHINE - is on the way this week.