Your average/total sunshine hours so far.... (climate, record, rainfall)

[Flight Simmer]

how much sunshine have you racked up so far this month? Post for any month/date as we progress through the year



Melbourne, first 5 days of May so far....

2.6 hours average daily, for a whopping total of 12.8 hours


Comparison to other Australian cities with less crap climates:
daily average / total

Adelaide ................. 5.3 / 26.4
Alice Springs ........... 10.7 / 53.5
Broome .................. 10.9 / 54.5
Brisbane ................. 7.2 / 35.9
Canberra ................ 6.4 / 32.2
Cairns .................... 8.2 / 41.1
Darwin ................... 9.5 / 47.4
Hobart ................... 3.1 / 15.3
Melbourne .............. 2.6 / 12.8
Mildura .................. 7.5 / 37.5
Perth ..................... 6.4 / 32.1
Portland ................. 4.9 / 24.5
Sydney .................. 9.2 / 45.9
Townsville .............. 9.3 / 46.6


GUESS WHICH CITY IS THE BLOODY LOSER????

STREESSSSS ATTACK

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14.3 hours for May averaging 2.8 hours. At this rate we'll reach 87 hours by the end of the month, much cloudier than a typical October.

[Weatherfan2]

7.18 hours for May averaging 1.4 hours a day.

[sulkiercupid]

Long-term average for Perth in May is 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, averaged 6.4 so far; had a clear start but has been mainly overcast and rainy at times for the last 3 days.

That average will undoubtedly drop as we won't be seeing much sunshine until later this week.

[NorthStarDelight]

Originally Posted by Weatherfan2

7.18 hours for May averaging 1.4 hours a day.

I have to laugh, as we reached that figure around 2 pm on May 1....lol. No doubt we'll hit 300 hours by month's end - par for the course for down here of course.

[Cambium]

0 Clear days in May so far here. lol

4 Cloudy days and 1 partly cloudy.

[Joe90]

6.7 hrs/40 hrs for the first 6 days. Mostly totally clear days, but Saturday was total overcast under high pressure nonsense. 5.8 hours is the average for May.

[Lamplight]

Where do you find your city's sunshine hours? Other than averages, I can't seem to find this information anywhere.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by Lamplight

Where do you find your city's sunshine hours? Other than averages, I can't seem to find this information anywhere.

I don't think the US keeps track of sun data, unfortunately.

[Weatherfan2]

The USA are very backwards about many methods of weather recording. For example no detailed sunshine data, and still using inches for rainfall. Millimeters is a far superior number to use. 4mm, 10mm or 17mm makes far more sense than 0.16, 0.39 or 0.67, at least for individual rain even totals and daily totals, always did always will.