Climate Battle: Aberdeen, Washington vs Aberdeen, Scotland

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Originally Posted by fluffydelusions

December is the darkest month but if we are going by sunshine hours in Forks since that is the only place with data nearby it's 48.1 hours while Aberdeen, Scotland is 47.7 and also remember the US sunshine hours are inflated a bit.

Sorry, don't know where I got that from. But the Washington location getting 0.9 kWh/m2 on its darkest day as opposed to the Scottish one's 0.3 is plausible given the more than 10 degrees difference in latitude between them.

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Aberdeen has a reputation as a cold and windy city in the UK. One TV comedian made a joke about the local accent being caused by its inhabitants not wanting to open their mouths when they speak for fear that the cold wind would get in and freeze them from the inside