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Was just looking at some info on Mt. Washington and it says it averages 1488 hours sunshine per year. Obviously, it's not a city/town so no one lives there but still found it interesting. I think all that's up there is a weather station but I feel like that is the lowest sunshine hours I've heard of in the US? Do you think there is any place that gets less? https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...e-by-month.php
Was just looking at some info on Mt. Washington and it says it averages 1488 hours sunshine per year. Obviously, it's not a city/town so no one lives there but still found it interesting. I think all that's up there is a weather station but I feel like that is the lowest sunshine hours I've heard of in the US? Do you think there is any place that gets less? https://www.currentresults.com/Weath...e-by-month.php
Compare it to other 6000 foot mountain tops and let me know what you find.
somewhere high in the Olympic Mountains gotta be cloudier. Low elevations of the Olympic Peninsula are cloudier than northern New Hampshire and the Olympics must be a local cloud magnet so should be much worse than say, Forks.
Compare it to other 6000 foot mountain tops and let me know what you find.
lol. I was just watching some random video about it that I saw on twitter and decided to look up stats about it. I can't imagine many mountains have that sort of info
If Alaska is included, there are much cloudier spots. Juneau has 1530 hours and isn't unusual for the southeast area. But most places don't have sunshine data.
If Alaska is included, there are much cloudier spots. Juneau has 1530 hours and isn't unusual for the southeast area. But most places don't have sunshine data.
lol. I was just watching some random video about it that I saw on twitter and decided to look up stats about it. I can't imagine many mountains have that sort of info
with satellite data, should be able to interpolate to make decent estimates
somewhere high in the Olympic Mountains gotta be cloudier. Low elevations of the Olympic Peninsula are cloudier than northern New Hampshire and the Olympics must be a local cloud magnet so should be much worse than say, Forks.
I'd agree with this considering it's cloudy pretty much every day from October thru April or so. A couple days of sun per month is usually it.
It flips in the summer though... we've had 90+ straight days of sun and are on a streak right now of sunny days.
Mount Rainier/Baker are part of the Cascades and not Olympics but I'd still be curious as to how much sun they get because as I recall they are the snowiest places in the lower 48.
I'd agree with this considering it's cloudy pretty much every day from October thru April or so. A couple days of sun per month is usually it.
It flips in the summer though... we've had 90+ straight days of sun and are on a streak right now of sunny days.
Mount Rainier/Baker are part of the Cascades and not Olympics but I'd still be curious as to how much sun they get because as I recall they are the snowiest places in the lower 48.
We get back into the 70s next week! Also, a break from the sun for a bit too it seems
If Alaska is included, there are much cloudier spots. Juneau has 1530 hours and isn't unusual for the southeast area. But most places don't have sunshine data...
Yeah, and Juneau is at sea level with people actually living there!
Some places in this area that are nearer the open ocean and get the marine layer of fog could be cloudier, I don't know.
Also agree that Aleutian island locations such as Cold Bay probably see a bit less sun than SE Alaska.
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