As someone who has resided both in a foggy part of San Francisco and in Portland, I feel that this index doesn't adequately capture the dreariness of some SF neighborhoods.
Agreed. It doesn't seem right that San Francisco (famously foggy) is ranked less dreary than Denver (famously sunny 300 days a year* and quite arid).
*"300 days of sunshine per year" is frequently cited, even on the official Visit Denver website (https://www.denver.org/meetings/denver-info/weather/). Having lived in Denver for the last ~15 years, it is very sunny, but "300 days a year" stretches the truth just a bit.
Time frequency is an important aspect. 10 days in a row with no sun is maddening for me vs 20 days where it alternates evenly between sun ball and no sun ball.
As the author states:
Of course this methodology is completely arbitrary and far from perfect, but it is a start.
As someone who has resided both in a foggy part of San Francisco and in Portland, I feel that this index doesn't adequately capture the dreariness of some SF neighborhoods.
Agreed. It doesn't seem right that San Francisco (famously foggy) is ranked less dreary than Denver (famously sunny 300 days a year* and quite arid).
*"300 days of sunshine per year" is frequently cited, even on the official Visit Denver website (https://www.denver.org/meetings/denver-info/weather/). Having lived in Denver for the last ~15 years, it is very sunny, but "300 days a year" stretches the truth just a bit.
Time frequency is an important aspect. 10 days in a row with no sun is maddening for me vs 20 days where it alternates evenly between sun ball and no sun ball.
As the author states:
Can confirm map. Seattle is truly dreary.
Love that you can see Mt Washington NH on this map. There’s nothing quite like the weather around it.
That is a crazy color scale. Both ends are basically red?