Wednesday, February 8

sunshine update

Ok, according to the NCDC (national climactic data center) information:

  • Pittsburgh has an avg of 45% sunshine annually (~164 days)
  • Ithaca wasn't on the list, but Binghamton (which is supposedly worse than Ithaca) has an average of 49% sunshine (~178 days)! That's better than Pittsburgh! Arg.
  • The only cities worse than Pittsburgh are in Alaska, i.e. Juneau with 30% (109 days), some random place in West Virginia (Elkins, 40%), and Seattle with 43%
  • The sunniest cities on this list seem to be Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson tied at 85%, and Yuma (alson in Arizona) at 90% (~328 days!!)
I don't think I'd like 90% sunshine any more than I like 45%. I think maybe ~70% would be ideal. Oh well, one can dream.

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