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I also remember the weather during a brief stay in Vancouver (one clear day, the rest of the week cloudy) , which I was told was typical mid spring weather -no thanks.
Spring is usually fairly on-and-off out here. A week like that can definitely happen but the reverse is also possible at that time of the year - April/May/June average about 45% of possible sunshine each.
Though overall Vancouver is definitely on the cloudy side - the only months that feel consistently sunny are July, August, and (usually) September.
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Here's a photo of Queenstown in summer, which matches my typical memory of summers there, having lived there for a few years.
Wow, that looks amazingly arid considering the precipitation amounts. I grew up in a city with less than half of Queenstown's precipitation and summers were always significantly greener than that.
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Vancouver is 260mm wetter, and 460mm wetter than the eastern parts of Queenstown, which is in a transitional rainfall zone.
Vancouver's precipitation stats are taken from the airport station, which is one of the drier and sunnier parts of Metro Vancouver. Downtown Vancouver averages around 1500mm of rain, and certain higher elevation suburbs as much as 2000mm. So yeah, it's definitely a wetter city, particularly in winter.
Brisbane vs. Miami and London vs. Seattle is far more compelling to me than Yellowknife vs. Wyndham
Except, there is still a discernible difference between the climates you mentioned. Whereas, the difference between Vancouver and Queenstown seems relatively subtle.
Except, there is still a discernible difference between the climates you mentioned. Whereas, the difference between Vancouver and Queenstown seems relatively subtle.
165 days compared to 95 days of rain and a strong summer peak vs even sunshine in all months, doesn't seem that subtle.
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Spring is usually fairly on-and-off out here. A week like that can definitely happen but the reverse is also possible at that time of the year - April/May/June average about 45% of possible sunshine each.
Yeah probably just a bad week. I do remember that the clear day, was the clearest air I had seen in months, and the scenery was stunning.
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Wow, that looks amazingly arid considering the precipitation amounts. I grew up in a city with less than half of Queenstown's precipitation and summers were always significantly greener than that.
750mm is going to mean a climate that looks on the dry side all year in NZ, particularly in inland areas.
165 days compared to 95 days of rain and a strong summer peak vs even sunshine in all months, doesn't seem that subtle.
Queenstown uses the 1mm threshold for its rainy days. Vancouver goes by the 0.2mm threshold. How many rainy days would Queenstown have on the 0.2mm threshold? 125?
They still have the same sunshine hour yearly average (around 1900). Yes, there are specific differences (if you look close enough), but they don't come seem that distinguishable.
Queenstown uses the 1mm threshold for its rainy days. Vancouver goes by the 0.2mm threshold. How many rainy days would Queenstown have on the 0.2mm threshold? 125?
They still have the same sunshine hour yearly average (around 1900). Yes, there are specific differences (if you look close enough), but they don't come seem that distinguishable.
I don't think it would be as high as 125mm, but maybe RWood knows.
Queenstown's sunshine is around 2250-2300 hours.
You don't live in a climate with major sunshine differences between seasons, so probably underestimate the effect of sunshine percentages dropping by up to half for 6 months of the year and as much as 70% for three of those months. Queenstown in comparison, doesn't have a grey season - I wouldn't think that is subtle.
Don't forget the 21 days a month in Vancouver's wettest month, compared to Queenstown at 9 days in the wettest month.
I don't think it would be as high as 125mm, but maybe RWood knows.
Queenstown's sunshine is around 2250-2300 hours.
You don't live in a climate with major sunshine differences between seasons, so probably underestimate the effect of sunshine percentages dropping by more than half for 6 months of the year and as much as 70% for three of those months - I wouldn't think that is subtle.
Don't forget the 21 days a month in the wettest month, compared to Queenstown at 9 days in the wettest month
As others have said...summer in Vancouver is quite nice...and on the longest day of the year, we get about one more hour of daylight than Queenstown, earlier sunrise 5:07 am VS 5:54 am, sunset 9:22 pm VS 9:15 pm. Not huge, but hey.
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