Sunny Days in Pittsburgh: 145 (Not 59) (Athens, Denver: neighborhoods, elementary school, assess)

[greg42]

Originally Posted by jay5835

I don't get up that way much. I hadn't noticed the absence of wiring. McKnight looks like Rockville Pike to me, and Route 22, well, I don't know what it looks like exactly. To me, they're more similar than different.

LOL I've been visiting McKnight regularly for years and even I had to think hard about the lack of overhead wiring. Although, granted, it's probably been a couple months since I drove on McKnight, not as often as I used to. Trying to think of where it stops. When you dump back out onto Perry Highway at least and go on up to the Wexford Flats there are poles again. This I remember distinctly because I am there more often and they had to move them during the recent widening project.

It's been a while since on 22 in Monroeville, but it's flatter at least at the one end. Otherwise, yeah, I don't know what makes them that different. Same with 19 in Cranberry, although really the major commercial/retail part of that is much shorter. One area that's more different I'd say is Robinson. Because it is built more around freeways and crazy hills it doesn't have a long strip that's on a main through road. It's almost all newly built connecting roads that link the bits of it together.

[Copanut]

After that I went to Route 286, talk about bad looking commercial strip.

[reddesertfox]

Originally Posted by nuwaver88

That is sheer and utter nonsense.

I am a semi-retired nuclear,atmospheric scientist and to prove my point about Pittsburgh and virtually zero
clear days....look out the window again on June 7,2013.
It is very complicated..but Lake Erie,upriver clouds from West Virginia..the Allegheny Mountains,vehicular and
industrial pollution and 26 other constants help to provide this area with 8 clear days per year.
Those of you who are under the impression that the weather here is standard must try to take a trip to New Mexico.

[reddesertfox]

Originally Posted by Katiana

I believe the actual statistic is 59 "clear" days. The NWS has specific definitions for clear, partly cloudy, cloudy, overcast, etc. I probably posted them at some point in this thread, but here they are again.
Partly Cloudy vs Partly Sunny?

Funny you should mention Denver, since I seem to be officially prohibited from doing so on this forum. Since you brought it up, I will speak to your stat. 53% more sunshine is A LOT. Having lived in both cities, there is a tremendous difference in the amount of sunshine in the two cities. It is rare to have a day here where the clouds never clear up to at least allow a little sunshine. The 300 sunny days refers to all the days that have some sunshine, just like the 145 days in Pittsburgh. I will point out that's twice as many, for those who like (or hate) the sunshine. Denver has 115 clear days, again, about twice as many as Pittsburgh.
Climate Information for Denver*-*Colorado*-*Rocky Mountains*-*United States*-*Climate Zone

Please note no value judgement is being implied.

Harrisburg,pa receives more sunshine than Pittsburgh.Denver does have over 300 sunny days per year and Seattle also is a sunnier locale than Pittsburgh.
My research indicates that Pittsburgh is on par with Pitcairn Island and Easter Island.
Pittsburgh is simply a dreary place....it just is what it is...as young folks would say.
To prove my point...talk to an airline pilot and ask him about"High Skies in pittsburgh."

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by reddesertfox

I am a semi-retired nuclear,atmospheric scientist and to prove my point about Pittsburgh and virtually zero
clear days....look out the window again on June 7,2013.

That proves nothing. It's clear to me though that you produce junk science.

It is very complicated..but Lake Erie,upriver clouds from West Virginia..the Allegheny Mountains,vehicular and industrial pollution and 26 other constants help to provide this area with 8 clear days per year.
Those of you who are under the impression that the weather here is standard must try to take a trip to New Mexico.

New Mexico is one of the more arid parts of the country.

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by reddesertfox

Harrisburg,pa receives more sunshine than Pittsburgh. Denver does have over 300 sunny days per year and Seattle also is a sunnier locale than Pittsburgh.

No city in the country receives over 300 sunny days. And Denver is not even close to your figure.

My research indicates that Pittsburgh is on par with Pitcairn Island and Easter Island. Pittsburgh is simply a dreary place....it just is what it is...as young folks would say. To prove my point...talk to an airline pilot and ask him about"High Skies in pittsburgh."

Spend your time doing something else. Atmospheric science is not your fort.

[ditchdigger]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

....anything at all....

<sigh>

It was so gratifying that nobody had responded for a whole day and RDF had to troll a second time...

[tread102]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

No city in the country receives over 300 sunny days. And Denver is not even close to your figure.


Spend your time doing something else. Atmospheric science is not your fort.

Well there is a city out there that has over 85 percent sunshine. From that number you know there is at least 300 days where you at least get to see the sun.

Sunniest US Cities - Current Results

[gg]

It is sunny a lot here for me. I lived in Miami, Orlando and Sarasota as well, so it isn't like I never left for sunny places. Pittsburgh weather is very good if you like seasons and enjoy gardening. What more can anyone ask for? If you don't like seasons move south. What is so hard about that?

[UKyank]

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/c...a/clpcdy12.txt
(mean number of days: clear, partly cloudy & cloudy)

Pittsburgh is definitely among the lowest of cities in the US for clear days & highest for cloudy at 59 and 203 respectively.

I personally find the weather fine & sunny enough but comparatively speaking we're on the lower end of the spectrum comparatively speaking.