kellyclowers:

clatterbane:

kellyclowers:

mapsontheweb:

Sunlight duration in hours per year in Europe and the continental United States.

There is definitely something wrong with this map. Ok so, since it isn’t just bands by latitude, it means it is supposed to be taking into account clouds and such. But eastern WA being the same as western WA? Hell no. East of the Cascades is way sunnier.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it were off in places, especially with such large areas continuously colored. But, each color does cover 500 hours/year, which isn’t a very small range. I ran out of spoons and didn’t check the figures, but maybe both parts of the state would fall within that 500 hours?

Cloud cover is the real killer here, though I have to say I am glad in a way not to be in northern Scotland.

I guess it all falls within that 500 hour difference… seems surprising

found this, and this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/13/map-where-americas-sunniest-and-least-sunny-places-are/

So there is a definite difference, and the original map probably should use more granularity