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Depends on the Auckland site. There's no evidence to suggest that even the sunnier Auckland sites match exceed Christchurch.
Well the stats on the wiki page are taken from the airport which is on the cloudier side of the city and there is sun stats from Albany which do record higher totals, and using that them would exceed Christchurch values
Why does every UK climate generate so many pages? You can bet if this was in the northern half of France or the Benelux, with an identical climate would get maybe 5-6 pages max.
maybe more British posters on here than Belgian/French - or those that have an interest in the UK climate
are you literally kidding me? Haven't you heard of seasonal changes in daylight hours and also maybe because most of the world doesn't have the most depressing, cloudy 1 hour of sunlight a day winters!
It gets more than 1 hour of sunshine a day in the winter. Those totals are pretty normal for a location above 50th parallel north. I'm not saying it has sunny winters, its just really quite stupid that 'abundant sunshine' is defined as a percentage of daylight hours. So If a location just above the arctic circle gets 100 % of average sunshine, and that is just 3 hours in the whole month, that's abundant is it? Whereas, in the summer if it gets 12 hours of sun a day somehow that's not abundant because its only 50% of daylight hours!
The definition of 'abundant sunshine' should be a set amount in hours, and should not vary depending on the season or daylight hours. So my abundant is 5 hours a day, in which case I completely agree sunshine is poor in the winter and not abundant year -round. But it IS abundant in the summer.
It gets more than 1 hour of sunshine a day in the winter. Those totals are pretty normal for a location above 50th parallel north. I'm not saying it has sunny winters, its just really quite stupid that 'abundant sunshine' is defined as a percentage of daylight hours. So If a location just above the arctic circle gets 100 % of average sunshine, and that is just 3 hours in the whole month, that's abundant is it? Whereas, in the summer if it gets 12 hours of sun a day somehow that's not abundant because its only 50% of daylight hours!
The definition of 'abundant sunshine' should be a set amount in hours, and should not vary depending on the season or daylight hours. So my abundant is 5 hours a day, in which case I completely agree sunshine is poor in the winter and not abundant year -round. But it IS abundant in the summer.
I think we had this argument about Scandinavian sun totals in summer with such long days - i think the gist of the argument was that if it's sunny for long periods in a 20 hour day up there ,you will possibly miss a fair bit of sunshine sleeping . whether you like it or not .
I think we had this argument about Scandinavian sun totals in summer with such long days - i think the gist of the argument was that if it's sunny for long periods in a 20 hour day up there ,you will possibly miss a fair bit of sunshine sleeping . whether you like it or not .
Lol. If I lived in Scandanavia I would sleep when it was cloudy and be awake during the sunshine hours
Still in the percentages? Still don't see how highly ludicrous it is that sunshine is defined in % possible rather than actual hours. It means Los Angeles, with 64% (275.8 hours) of average sunshine, it is abundant, but Rovaniemi, with around 35% (279 hours) is not abundant. In additon to it having more sunshine hours, it also has more daylight, which should only serve to improve its reputation, not hamper it. It's LUDICROUS!
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and also maybe because most of the world doesn't have the most depressing, cloudy 1 hour of sunlight a day winters!
