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I think i remember a discussion saying that Seattle has less sunny days than even London while it was has much more sunshine hours because London's overcast weather will often have a short break with sun while Seattle tends to be consistently cloudy or sunnier. Dunno if that's true, but it's an interesting situation if it is.
Of course, Seattle is much sunnier than London in the summer. (I think it's slightly sunnier than Massachusetts in the summer).
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I think i remember a discussion saying that Seattle has less sunny days than even London while it was has much more sunshine hours because London's overcast weather will often have a short break with sun while Seattle tends to be consistently cloudy or sunnier. Dunno if that's true, but it's an interesting situation if it is.
Of course, Seattle is much sunnier than London in the summer. (I think it's slightly sunnier than Massachusetts in the summer).
Both Seattle and London can have long periods of cloud. The big difference, of course, is that London tends to be cloudy all year round (but the most so in Autumn/early winter) while Seattle in summer is pretty sunny. I think Massachussetts gets a good mix of cloud and sun in the summer months, while the coast of Maine can get plain gloomy in summer.
Well obviously the gloom factor isn't enough to keep Seattle from being a successful area. City has over 600,000 people, metropolitan area over 3 million. One of the most educated cities in the US as well. Everyone I know has a strong interest in visiting the PNW at some point. I'd take a cloudy Seattle over a sunbelt city any day.
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Well obviously the gloom factor isn't enough to keep Seattle from being a successful area. City has over 600,000 people, metropolitan area over 3 million. One of the most educated cities in the US as well. Everyone I know has a strong interest in visiting the PNW at some point. I'd take a cloudy Seattle over a sunbelt city any day.
Me too, despite it's 'idyllic' climate, the streets of Phoenix seem deserted. And during the summer it's too hot to be out and about.
There are many cities with higher rainfall than Seattle. The difference is that in Seattle, it falls as a mist or very light rain most of the time, taking a very long time to accumulate to anything, and therefore we have more RAINY DAYS per year, despite overall less rainfall.
Summers here are warm, dry, and gorgeous. WHEN we actually get a summer, that is. I've lived here my whole life, and every few years or so it seems we don't really get a real summer. That was the case with this last summer. Barely even seemed to hit 80 degrees, started late, and ended early. Like I said though, those kinds of years are spread out and most summers here great!
There is a saying though, summer here doesn't start until the 5th of July. I recently heard on the news that the 4th is actually one of the rainiest days during the summer months on average around here. Go figure. I know this last one was a cool and rainy one!
Both Seattle and London can have long periods of cloud. The big difference, of course, is that London tends to be cloudy all year round (but the most so in Autumn/early winter) while Seattle in summer is pretty sunny. I think Massachussetts gets a good mix of cloud and sun in the summer months, while the coast of Maine can get plain gloomy in summer.
London gets fewer 100% sunny days, but more partly cloudy days and fewer overcast days than Seattle. Of course when you get to the south coast of England, many locations have similar sunshine totals to Seattle (1900 vs 2000 hrs), with 60-70 hrs in Dec and 240-250 hrs in Jul.
The longest I've gone without seeing the sun here in winter is about 5-6 days. I'm sure the PNW gets far longer stretches of gloom.
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London gets fewer 100% sunny days, but more partly cloudy days and fewer overcast days than Seattle. Of course when you get to the south coast of England, many locations have similar sunshine totals to Seattle (1900 vs 2000 hrs), with 60-70 hrs in Dec and 240-250 hrs in Jul.
The longest I've gone without seeing the sun here in winter is about 5-6 days. I'm sure the PNW gets far longer stretches of gloom.
Really, how many cloudy days does Seattle get? I know both cities get the same number of raindays (about 150) which isn't really that much, from memory Seattle gets over 200 cloudy days, which is quite alot, but not sure how much London gets. For London to get a paltry 1600 or so hours a year compared to the 2100 hours in Seattle, I'm guessing it has more cloudy days, although that's not ALWAYS the case, of course.
Seattle has 71 clear days, 201 cloudy days, 93 partly cloudy days.
Worcester, MA (closest station to me) has 90 clear days, 168 cloudy days and 107 partly cloudy days.
From the source:
This data is based on daylight hours only. A clear day denotes zero to 3/10 average
sky cover. Partly cloudy is 4/10 to 7/10 tenths. Cloudy is 8/10 to 10/10 tenths.
I assume your number of overcast days for London is based on a different definition?
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