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View Poll Results: How do you rate London Heathrow?
A 3 6.38%
B 6 12.77%
C 16 34.04%
D 14 29.79%
E 4 8.51%
F 4 8.51%
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-16-2014, 02:38 PM
 
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Someone posted it a while back for Southern and western cities.
I looked all over NOAA for precip hours and couldn't find it.
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Old 10-16-2014, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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Someone posted it a while back for Southern and western cities.

Miami may have more actual hours of rainfall, but something that this data would not indicate is perception. Say you are in London on a day with one hour of light rain, and then the rest of the day is cloudy and damp. I noticed when I was in London in winter, there were puddles around all day long without any rainfall. Anyway, a day like that in London would leave you feeling as if it rained or was lousy all day long. In Miami you wake up to clear skies, clouds build in the afternoon, then heavy thunderstorms, skies clear and sun is out again. I have experienced that in Miami. That would leave one feeling that Miami was less rainy and sunnier than London.
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Old 10-16-2014, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Portsmouth, UK/Swanage, UK
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Miami may have more actual hours of rainfall, but something that this data would not indicate is perception. Say you are in London on a day with one hour of light rain, and then the rest of the day is cloudy and damp. I noticed when I was in London in winter, there were puddles around all day long without any rainfall. Anyway, a day like that in London would leave you feeling as if it rained or was lousy all day long. In Miami you wake up to clear skies, clouds build in the afternoon, then heavy thunderstorms, skies clear and sun is out again. I have experienced that in Miami. That would leave one feeling that Miami was less rainy and sunnier than London.
Yep... can we have Miami's climate... Because London's current one is SH*T! Particularly at this time of year!
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Old 10-16-2014, 03:27 PM
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Location: Surrey/London
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I looked all over NOAA for precip hours and couldn't find it.
I found the thread I was thinking of. Nei has access to them.
Precipitation Frequency

I also apologise, Miami has 435 hours instead of 453 hours, still more than Kew though.

The US cities with the closest precipitation hours to London are Miami FL, Flagstaff AZ, Fairbanks AK, Billings MT. Don't know how they are viewed as far as rainy weather is concerned, within the US.
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Old 10-16-2014, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Arundel, FL
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Miami has a lot of precipitation hours because the stereotype that, in summer there is a downpour for 10 mins and then skies are clear again, is not true. If it rains, it will be drizzly/cloudy for the rest of the day.
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Old 10-16-2014, 10:35 PM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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Miami has a lot of precipitation hours because the stereotype that, in summer there is a downpour for 10 mins and then skies are clear again, is not true. If it rains, it will be drizzly/cloudy for the rest of the day.
So, since Miami gets rain on over half the days in June, July, August, and September, why don't you explain to us how in the world NOAA reports Miami gets over 70% sunshine in those months? According to your whacked out claim, Miami is completely overcast for more than half of those months. So sunshine percentage should be more like 45% right?

Also, mind explaining how NOAA Miami station reports that in June 2014 there were 5 cloudy days, 2 in July, 2 in August, and 3 in September. So a total of 12 cloudy days out of 122. So much for your claim that any day with rain or a thunderstorm is cloudy.
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Old 10-16-2014, 10:41 PM
 
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Yep: it's the sunshine that makes all the difference. London, like Seattle, probably feels much rainier than it actually is. I find oceanic climates to be dull and depressing.
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Old 10-16-2014, 11:45 PM
 
Location: In transition
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Tropical climates have more rain fall than oceanic climates, but at the same time have more sunshine as well. I was in Miami a year ago and it rained every single afternoon for about an hour. Came down in buckets, probably 50mm at a time. However it would be sunny right afterwards. Miami records 3154 hours of sunshine. Even if you slashed 200 hours off of it to go down to CS values it would still be over 2900
You sure about that?

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Old 10-17-2014, 02:51 AM
 
Location: Wellington and North of South
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Milford's recording site is at sea level. The mean rainfall of 6716mm (1981-2010) would be one of world's highest for sites at sea level. The Cleddau valley nearby is estimated to get about 13000mm per year.
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Old 10-17-2014, 04:52 AM
 
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Generally speaking yes. If you look at oceanic locations in PNW/BC and Northwest Europe, and compare them with subtropical US South and other tropical locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and elsewhere they receive more rainfall.

Debundscha Cameroon, which is at sea level receives over 10,299mm/406" of rain annually

Cherrapunji which is a subtropical highland climate receives 11,777mm/463.65" of rain annually.
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