Just in case anyone has not seen this. It makes good reading.

http://members.cox.net/weller43/sunshine.htm
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Rather a bizarre table with a stupendous footnote.
I quote:
"The South Pole in Antarctica is the least sunny place on Earth.
182 days out of the year, there is no sunshine - at all."

Of course, for the other 182 days of the year, there is nothing but
sunshine! So, contrary to what this bizarre site states, surely the South
pole must have a good claim to being the most sunny place on earth?
And of course, we all have roughly 183 days worth of darkeness!

It might be good reading Gavin, shame about the quality.

Alex.


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http://members.cox.net/weller43/sunshine.htm
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Gavin Staples wrote:
Just in case anyone has not seen this. It makes good reading.


Yes, I've seen that link posted on the travel newsgroups. (Beware, it
plays annoying repetitive music).

It is interesting how many places in the far north (Lapland, Alaska)
are sunnier than much of Britain. (not to mention St Johns
Newfoundland, doesn't that get bucketloads of fog?) And the difference
between the two Manchester figures.

Edmund

There isn't 'nothing but sunshine' at the South Pole, it still has overcast
days, blizzards etc, so perhaps you might choose your words with a bit more
care, Alex.

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Alex Stephens Jr wrote:
Rather a bizarre table with a stupendous footnote.
I quote:
"The South Pole in Antarctica is the least sunny place on Earth.
182 days out of the year, there is no sunshine - at all."

Of course, for the other 182 days of the year, there is nothing but
sunshine! So, contrary to what this bizarre site states, surely the
South pole must have a good claim to being the most sunny place on
earth?
And of course, we all have roughly 183 days worth of darkeness!

It might be good reading Gavin, shame about the quality.

Alex.


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Just in case anyone has not seen this. It makes good reading.

http://members.cox.net/weller43/sunshine.htm
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I guess it's not 4383 hours of unbroken sunshine per year at the south
pole, an oversight on my part.
They do of course have blizzards, but almost entirely due to blowing snow
rather than precipition.
So given that its one of the dryest locations on earth, and I'm led to
believe that cloud cover isn't a frequent issue. I imagine its in with a
strong chance of being the most sunny location on earth, rather than the
least sunny as the afore mentioned website states.
Alex.

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There isn't 'nothing but sunshine' at the South Pole, it still has
overcast
days, blizzards etc, so perhaps you might choose your words with a bit
more
care, Alex.

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Alex Stephens Jr wrote:

So given that its one of the dryest locations on earth, and I'm led to
believe that cloud cover isn't a frequent issue. I imagine its in with a
strong chance of being the most sunny location on earth, rather than the
least sunny as the afore mentioned website states.

Alex, according to these figures for 2000, the South Pole had 65% of
possible maximum sunshine hours, so about 2850 hours. While that isn't
close to the sunniest, it's certainly "up there" and as you correctly
say, not the least sunniest at all.

http://www.antarcticconnection.com/a...2000yearly.htm


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"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote in message
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And of course, we all have roughly 183 days worth of darkeness!

It might be good reading Gavin, shame about the quality.

Alex.



I know what you mean Alex, but the info on sunshine hours is good. I also
know that it is accurate as when I lived in Australia in the late 1980s, the
first year of post graduate study I did there was on climatology. I remember
many of these figures. So I know they have got them correct. It's the
presentation of this site which is a bit poor.
Anyway, there is some decent info on it.

Gavin.

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Gavin Staples wrote:
Just in case anyone has not seen this. It makes good reading.


Yes, I've seen that link posted on the travel newsgroups. (Beware, it
plays annoying repetitive music).


Oh dear, anyway I keep my sound switched off. Thanks anyway:-)

Gavin. .

Felly sgrifennodd Steve Loft :
Alex, according to these figures for 2000, the South Pole had 65% of
possible maximum sunshine hours, so about 2850 hours. While that isn't
close to the sunniest, it's certainly "up there" and as you correctly
say, not the least sunniest at all.

How sensitive are the sunshine recorders? The sun is of course always quite
low at the south pole.

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