Friday, December 19, 2014

Friday Favorites - Winter Trends Sunnier

My favorite news headline of the week came from Paul Huttner at the Updraft Blog...
Sun Returns as Winter Trends Sunnier
The good news for sun deprived Minnesotans? 
Winters trend sunnier historically as we move forward.

We’re moving past the cloudiest time of the year, on average, in Minnesota. November is the cloudiest month of the year historically with just 39 percent of possible sunshine on average. December sunshine run 42 percent, with January at 53 percent.

By the time we get to February 59 percent of all daylight hours are sunny historically.

Progress. Hope. Optimism.

Here are the percentages of possible sunshine for each month of the year from the Twin Cities National Weather Service and Minnesota Climatology Working Group.

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