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Wonderful day in ChCh today: 26 C high although cloudier than I would like (just high cloud though). However, Wednesday is looking pretty grim with a 12 C high, rain and cold southerlies. Such is life in this changable mid-latitude maritime climate...
Wonderful day in ChCh today: 26 C high although cloudier than I would like (just high cloud though). However, Wednesday is looking pretty grim with a 12 C high, rain and cold southerlies. Such is life in this changable mid-latitude maritime climate...
Yikes.. I don't think Vancouver has ever seen a 14C nosedive in temperatures in 48 hours!
Yikes.. I don't think Vancouver has ever seen a 14C nosedive in temperatures in 48 hours!
LOL, it doesn't raise an eyebrow here. I suppose this kind of extreme day-to-day variation keeps things interesting in a climate where there really isn't much of interest (little seasonality, few extremes of heat / cold, etc.).
The South Coast of Australia seems to be similar in this respect. In summer they can easily go from 38 C one day to 22 the next.
Bognor Spring 564 Summer 717 Autumn 398 Winter 224
By percentages:
Chch Spring 51.5 Summer 50.7 Autumn 51.2 Winter 48.4
sunniest Jan-Mar 52.1 cloudiest May-July 48.0 Year 50.6
Bognor Spring 46.3 Summer 51.4 Autumn 42.5 Winter 29.9 Year 44.3
(winter cloudiest, summer sunniest).
Correction: Ch'ch spring total should be 596 - other numbers are correct.
Bognor, I guess the sunniest place in the UK, gets 51% sunshine for summer. I consider that quite cloudy. I was in Arcata, CA once in summer for a training class (only a week), but I thought it really cloudy. You would be hard pressed to find a place in the US with such low % of possible sun in summer, outside of Alaska or Hilo, HI. Arcata (Eureka), averages about 55% for summer. I have a better understanding now of how coudy the UK really is if Bognor is the sunniest bit and it gets 51%.
Bognor, I guess the sunniest place in the UK, gets 51% sunshine for summer. I consider that quite cloudy. I was in Arcata, CA once in summer for a training class (only a week), but I thought it really cloudy. You would be hard pressed to find a place in the US with such low % of possible sun in summer, outside of Alaska or Hilo, HI. Arcata (Eureka), averages about 55% for summer. I have a better understanding now of how coudy the UK really is if Bognor is the sunniest bit and it gets 51%.
Arcata/Eureka records higher sunshine in spring than summer so that's a bit misleading. Along most of the California coast, summer tends to draw in fog and clouds from the Pacific.
Pittsburgh's summers look slightly cloudier than Arcata in the spring.
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