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The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours a place normally has in a year.
If you are a photographer the clouds, and cloud shadows, here add significant interest to an already beautiful landscape. The sky is bright and clear due to elevation and low humidity so the clouds stand out in a crisp blue sky. There are exceptions but most days are bright but not uniformly cloudless.
I find your description intriguing. Your description of the sky is how I sensed it from the random photos of houses for sale. I love your line ~There are exceptions but most days are bright but not uniformly cloudless.~ I look forward to experiencing the sky for myself soon.
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Originally Posted by funkymonkey
It depends some on the season, the part of the state and even the time of day.
The southern part of the state, Las Cruces, has fewer clouds than ABQ/Santa Fe.
ABQ has more cloud cover in August and less in October, and averages about 40% coverage.
Las Cruces has the least cloud coverage during the summer and average about 30% the rest of the year.
Great descriptions that give me a concrete sense of understanding. Thanks!
How interesting that the so-called Sunshine State is really #11.
But Florida was not called the "Sunshine State" until 1970. But "Sunshine State" appeared on New Mexico license plates before 1941. Now I'm confused...
Anyway, about the clouds...I was under the impression that NM has endless blue skies and sun, but when I go to Zillow and realtor.com and view homes for sale, almost every single one of the outdoor photos of the homes show clouds in the sky. The clouds are often the pillowy white super high clouds that make the sky gorgeous, but I have also seen some storm clouds and some wispy clouds as well.
I know that NM has a great deal of sun, but are the skies most always pure blue with few clouds and it's just dumb luck that the photos I see of the homes have clouds in them? Or is it normal to have textured blue skies with clouds about that don't obscure the sun but give the sky a painted canvas feel?
Yes.
October 7, 2014, Clouds, Blue Skies and Balloons. That is in Corrales, New Mexico. The balloon on the ground is
getting ready to launch. The dots in the sky to the left are launching from the Balloon Fiesta Park in ABQ. Image05
by Ricardo, on Flickr.
I think the answer the OP is looking for is simple-
You can't take a picture with the sun in it, save maybe a sunrise or sunset. The brightness washes out the rest of the picture.
Doesn't matter if you're on the dimmest spot on earth (purportedly Ben Nevis, Scotland), or the brightest, there are going to be zero well-taken pictures of real estate with the sun in them.
I'm keeping an eye on this thread and taking everything in. I've concluded the only way to know the answer to my question is to visit in RL - multiple times in as many seasons as possible. What we experience is subjective, and so it's time for me to figure out what the sky and sun look like to me and see the clouds or the not-clouds. Love the last balloon photo, Poncho~
Often have a few clouds somewhere here near Alamogordo, thanks to the Tularosa Basin at 4,300 meeting the Sacramento Mountains at 9,000 plus. I love a few clouds. They add interest to an otherwise brilliant blue sky, and their shadows lend some drama to the landscape.
I agree, Oregon Bill, I love clouds in New Mexico, too. They're quite welcome here. It's interesting to see some of their unusual shapes.
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