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Montreal for me, less extremes, look at record high's and lows for Minneapolis, 108f and -41f ...yikes!!
Also, I notice alot of comments about amount of sun being the deciding factor
....Minneapolis is drier than Montreal and according to wiki gets about 2700 sun hrs ...wiki just states for Montreal "more than 2000" ...anyone know exactly how much?
How are "sun hours" calculated? And is it possible that NOAA in USA
uses slightly different criteria than Environment Canada.
Maybe that can explain why Buffalo,NY as per wiki (NOAA) indicates
receiving 2204 annual sun hours and Toronto only 2037
Doesn`t make sense to me ....Buffalo receives more precip , over 40 inches
Toronto only 33 inches and Buffalo gets hit with alot of lake effect storms
Montreal for me, less extremes, look at record high's and lows for Minneapolis, 108f and -41f ...yikes!!
Also, I notice alot of comments about amount of sun being the deciding factor
....Minneapolis is drier than Montreal and according to wiki gets about 2700 sun hrs ...wiki just states for Montreal "more than 2000" ...anyone know exactly how much?
How are "sun hours" calculated? And is it possible that NOAA in USA
uses slightly different criteria than Environment Canada.
Maybe that can explain why Buffalo,NY as per wiki (NOAA) indicates
receiving 2204 annual sun hours and Toronto only 2037
Doesn`t make sense to me ....Buffalo receives more precip , over 40 inches
Toronto only 33 inches and Buffalo gets hit with alot of lake effect storms
There was a discussion about this not too long ago. Unfortunately I can't remember the thread. Each country probably uses somewhat different methods and instruments. Subjectivity may also be an issue. RWood could probably provide more technical information.
I'm under the impression that NOAA doesn't really measure sun data anymore.
There was a discussion about this not too long ago. Unfortunately I can't remember the thread. Each country probably uses somewhat different methods and instruments. Subjectivity may also be an issue. RWood could probably provide more technical information.
I'm under the impression that NOAA doesn't really measure sun data anymore.
Further to the discussion on the earlier thread, I contacted an English expert who in turn said he would talk to an American with some considerable expertise - but I haven't heard anything yet.
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