Days of Sunshine a year do you prefer? (house, live in)

[NJ-201]

NOTE:

These numbers are AVERAGE annual sunshine (Which includes both Clear/Sunny and Partly Cloudy days), and not only 100% sunny. Partly Cloudy is still sunshine, that's why it's included.
So even if you for example think that Seattle has less sunshine than 164 days a year, remember it's AVERAGE, which means it could be much lower or much higher from year to year.

[NJ-201]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

Haha, coincidentally I picked the category NY falls into.

I thought Las Vegas would have a lot more sunny days than that.

As I mention, that's average number, so it could be both slightly higher or slightly lower from year to year.

[Waterlily]

I'd prefer to have about 290 days of sun but I only get a few days more than Seattle does of sunshine.

[Iconographer]

Give me 250-275 sunny days a year, then let it rain like Hell the rest of the time.

[NJ-201]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

Give me 250-275 sunny days a year, then let it rain like Hell the rest of the time.

lol

[th3vault]

Originally Posted by NJ-201

Various U.S. cities with annual sunshine days:

New York, NY ... 234
Los Angeles, CA ... 263
Chicago, IL ... 189
Phoenix, AZ ... 296
Yuma, AZ ... 313 - (Sunniest place on Earth)
Las Vegas, NV ... 293
Miami, FL ... 250
Seattle, WA ... 164
Honolulu, HI ... 270
Minneapolis, MN ... 197
Anchorage, AK ... 125

(Note that there's no city on Earth that has more than 360 sunshine days a year, and the poll number is what you prefer)

On average, no there is no city that does.

But the record is 768 consecutive days of sunshine...... where else but the Sunshine State.... St. Petersburg, FL

[lammius]

~250 is probably good enough. If we never had any those wet, rainy miserable days here and there, I'd never get any housework or cleaning done!

[desert sun]

I think I see maybe 5-10 days a year when the sun isnt out ALL DAY, even when we get rain its sunny all day then the clouds come along with the rain and then the sun is back out after.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by th3vault

On average, no there is no city that does.

But the record is 768 consecutive days of sunshine...... where else but the Sunshine State.... St. Petersburg, FL

I don't know if it's still the case, but it was the policy of the St. Petersburg Times to give out their papers gratis on a day when the sun never shined once.

[hdinia]

I love the sunshine! I do enjoy a nice thunderstorm from time to time however. I do NOT like thundersnow showers - when you have thunder and SNOW instead!