Ken Cook wrote:

On Monday, 9 October 2017 17:34:31 UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Tideswell, Derbyshire - Monday 9th October 2017
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the sunshine total
up to today is a rather measly 13.7 hours.
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Wow, Norman. Another really low sunshine figure. 40 hours so far in Copley.
Is your recorder well exposed or quite sheltered? Difficult to compare
sunshine as some have their electronic recorders on the top of tall masts to
catch every bit of sun. My Campbell Stokes is, obviously, at a more realistic
height of four feet above the ground. Ken Copley Teesdale

The recorder is pretty well exposed. It's at about 8 ft above ground, totally
open from N through E, SE and S to WSW. The only limitation is that, due to the
rising ground to the W and NW, we lose the last 45 minutes or so of sunshine
towards sunset except in the winter months. That's if it's sunny, of course,
which it isn't very often in late afternoon. Overall, I think my sunshine
figures are a very good representation of the sunshine that we get here. I have
checked the recorder and it does record 60 minutes sunshine during an hour with
unbroken sun so I have no doubt about its reliability. As long as there are
shadows it does respond. This is not a sunworshiper's paradise!

Averages a

Jan: 37.2 hrs
Feb: 48.1
Mar: 91.6
Apr: 107.4
May: 118.8
Jun: 100.7
Jul: 120.2
Aug: 91.1
Sep: 84.7
Oct: 62.0
Nov: 47.2
Dec: 39.2

Year: 960.2

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr