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In the environs whereabouts you live, do you get about the similar amount of sunshine in winter as you do in summer?

Where I live (Vancouver BC) it's sunshine every day (almost) during summer then rainy almost every day in winter.

Posted - November 1, 2021
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  • 16826
    Adelaide has what is referred to as a "Mediterranean" climate, which means (except in times of drought) it never rains in summer, never stops raining in winter. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at November 3, 2021 5:54 AM MDT
      November 1, 2021 10:32 PM MDT
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  • 34432
    Which is why you all have so many fires. CA as well. 
      November 2, 2021 6:05 AM MDT
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  • 16826
    We don't get that many in Adelaide. Subtropical and temperate rainforests in New South Wales (where I grew up) tend to get them worse. Eucalyptus is pyrogenic, it requires fire to propagate. Ergo, it lays its own kindling and the leaves burn fiercely.
      November 2, 2021 4:36 PM MDT
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  • 34432
    CA has trees that need fire for seeds to open as well. 
      November 3, 2021 5:52 AM MDT
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  • 34432
    No we have much less light in the winter. It is much colder as well. 
    We do not get rain/snow daily in any season. And we do not generally get long periods without rain.  Most of our rain comes to us in spring and fall. 
      November 2, 2021 6:08 AM MDT
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  • 10662
    No.   

    We get 14:56 sunshine hours for 8 days around the summer solstice, but only 9:24 hours for 4 days around the winter solstice.  A gain/loss of 5:32 hours between the 2 solstices.
    From May 1 to October 31, ~1%-2% of the days are partly cloudy to cloudy, whereas from November 1 through April 30 ~ 20%-25% of the days are from partly cloudy to cloudy.
      November 2, 2021 1:21 PM MDT
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