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Sunshine duration or sunshine hours is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an averaged value over several years. It is a general indicator of cloudiness of a location, and thus differs from insolation, which measures the total ...
Phoenix has a hot desert climate ( Köppen: BWh ), [1] [2] typical of the Sonoran Desert, and is the largest city in America in this climatic zone. [3] Phoenix has long, extremely hot summers and short, mild winters. The city is within one of the world's sunniest regions, with its sunshine duration comparable to the Sahara region.
The following is a list of cities by sunshine duration. Sunshine duration is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an averaged value over several years.
San Diego on average has 146 sunny days and 117 partly cloudy days a year. The average annual precipitation is less than 12 inches (30 cm), resulting in a borderline arid climate. Rainfall is strongly concentrated in the cooler half of the year, particularly the months December through March, although precipitation is lower than any other part ...
Rainy day in Capitol Hill, Seattle.Seattle experiences around 150 days with at least 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) precipitation each year. The climate of Seattle is temperate, classified in the warm-summer (in contrast to hot-summer) subtype of the Mediterranean zone by the most common climate classification (Köppen: Csb) although some sources put the city in the oceanic zone (Trewartha: Do).
The average annual snowfall in the Twin Cities is 45.3 inches (115.1 cm), with an average of 100 days per year with at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) of snow cover. The most snow the Twin Cities has officially seen during one winter was in 1983–1984 with 98.6 inches (250 cm), and the least was in 1930–1931 with 14.2 inches (36.1 cm).
Climate of the Tampa Bay area. Landsat 8 image of Tampa Bay Region. The Tampa Bay area has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ), closely bordering a tropical climate near the waterfront areas. There are two basic seasons in the Tampa Bay area, a hot and wet season from May through October, and a mild and dry season from November through ...
Seattle rainfall ended up over four inches below average. Snowpack suffered this spring as a result. It should be noted that two days are missing in the precipitation data from April due to issues ...