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I would say the clouds and front part is comparable when you live by a large body of water but I would say because of the temperature factor, Toronto is bound to be more overcast and cloudy.
I think Toronto having a greater Lake influence is partly why our average temps, especially lows, are as mild as they are even with more cloudcover than somewhere like Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Most places in Ontario with less Lake influence seem to have wider day-to-day variations too. Compare a graph of forecast highs of Ottawa with Toronto and it's obvious how much more stable Toronto is.
Yes, proximity of large bodies of water tend to have a big influence on stability of temperatures and how cloudy a place is. Another example is Vancouver which tends to have much more stable weather than a lot of other places in Canada.
In terms of how many hours of sunshine I would like the most, I would say more than 3000. Vancouver's piddly 1900 hours per year just doesn't cut the mustard despite the fact that our summers tend to be more sunny than cloudy. Living here you have to stock up on Vitamin D pills in the winter
Here I am again.... 2,500 - 3,000 hours would be acceptable for me. Any place hot and humid which gets a fairly good thundery season seems to lie in that range. Places sunnier tend to be too dry and more devoid of thunderstorms.
I had been thinking of relocating to Hong Kong until I saw that they only average 1,840 hours of sun a year.
Here I am again.... 2,500 - 3,000 hours would be acceptable for me. Any place hot and humid which gets a fairly good thundery season seems to lie in that range. Places sunnier tend to be too dry and more devoid of thunderstorms.
I had been thinking of relocating to Hong Kong until I saw that they only average 1,840 hours of sun a year.
That part of Asia - ie part of "southern" China, northern Vietnam at least -is very cloudy, some areas prob. as low as 1,000.
Sydney ranks second - lowest, not surprising given seeing so many cloudy days (Not complaining though )
Running mean max:
Melbourne: 27.2oC
Sydney: 27.6oC
It'll be interesting to take a month end snapshot at end of July or August.
My guess on the ranking (from highest sun to lowest) would be:
1. Darwin
2. Brisbane
3. Sydney
4. Perth
5. Adelaide
6. Canberra
7. Hobart
8. Melbourne
Have had loads of cloudy days in Sydney - the overall total has been propped up by a 4-5 day run of almost clear days....Overall tracking about average though
It'll be interesting to take a month end snapshot at end of July or August.
My guess on the ranking (from highest sun to lowest) would be:
1. Darwin
2. Brisbane
3. Sydney
4. Perth
5. Adelaide
6. Canberra
7. Hobart
8. Melbourne
Have had loads of cloudy days in Sydney - the overall total has been propped up by a 4-5 day run of almost clear days....Overall tracking about average though
July 2009
1. Darwin 322.3 hrs (10.4 hrs a day)
2. Brisbane 261.5 hrs
3. Sydney 225.7 hrs
4. Canberra 204.4 hrs
5. Perth 195.1 hrs
6. Melbourne 157.6 hrs
7. Adelaide 152.3 hrs
8. Hobart 148.0 hrs (4.9 hrs a day)
August 2009
1. Darwin 332.3 hrs (10.7 hrs a day)
2. Brisbane 297.3 hrs
3. Sydney 267.8 hrs
4. Canberra 221.8 hrs
5. Perth 188.5 hrs
6. Melbourne 187.0 hrs
7. Adelaide 183.3 hrs
8. Hobart 161.6 hrs (5.2 hrs a day)
Pretty good sunshine all around the country considering it was the middle of winter!!!!
No chance of Perth beating its 390.6 record then - not enough daylight.
Ending 28th, 344 hrs.
Going by the forecast of "mostly sunny" for today as well as next 2 days, looks like the record wont be broken, even if clear with an estimated 39 hours, would take the grand total to 383 hrs.
2 days had 6.0 hrs and 8.4 hrs which, if clear, would have pushed the total well over 391 hrs and possibly reached the 400 hours mark for the first time ever.
It'll be interesting to take a month end snapshot at end of July or August.
My guess on the ranking (from highest sun to lowest) would be:
1. Darwin
2. Brisbane
3. Sydney
4. Perth
5. Adelaide
6. Canberra
7. Hobart
8. Melbourne
Have had loads of cloudy days in Sydney - the overall total has been propped up by a 4-5 day run of almost clear days....Overall tracking about average though
192 hrs ending 28th. Looking like our cloudiest January since 2006 when 190. 4 sunless days. 9 days < 6 hours. Average is 235 hrs.
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