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I can't imagine these are very popular in Arizona, but in the PNW the sun isn't a big problem for 10 months out of the year.
by seanmcdirmid 12d ago
I can't imagine these are very popular in Arizona, but in the PNW the sun isn't a big problem for 10 months out of the year.
- paradox460 12d agoWhich part of the pnw? Because in the mid Columbia you get 300+ days of sun and summer temperatures in the low 100s
- seanmcdirmid 12d agoHaving lived in West Richland before (in the Tri-cities, on Red Mountain, scrub and all), I don't think thats really true. Well, it is definitely sunnier than Seattle, but nowhere near Phoenix. It is more normal than special. Barring that, 80%+ of the people in the PNW live near the coast.
- paradox460 12d agoTourism board proudly advertises the 300 days of sun on big bill boards at the airport in Pasco, and the hot summers are honestly worse than Phoenix, as there's humidity
- seanmcdirmid 12d ago[dead]
- sublinear 12d agoPhoenix can stay hot at night in the summer. Tonight is a good example. It's 90 all night and won't hit the low of 80 until 7am. This is borderline uninhabitable for many. If you want the worst of both worlds with that kind of oppressive heat 24/7 and high humidity, take a look at Houston. PNW isn't anywhere close to that.
- sublinear 12d agoCan you share a link to a timeseries graph on weather.gov or similar? I'm not finding any proof of what you're saying.
- paradox460 11d agoSunny days stat can be seen on https://tridec.org/climate-geography/ https://tridec.org/climate-geography/ As for number of 100+ degree days, it's more elusive, but the mean max is over 100 for two months on the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick%2C_Washington?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick%2C_Washington?wprov=...
- sublinear 11d agoYes, I appreciate that the table distinguishes between "mean maximum" and "mean daily maximum". :-)