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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Nice, but umm, where's the rest of us?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 22 hours ago

The scale is throwing me. Differences of:

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[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

I always thought england was pacific north west levels of dreary, didn't know it was that bad. How are the English not more depressed?

[–] tatann@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know for British people but Bretons (from Brittany, westernmost part of France) have about the same sun exposure but are quite festive

We do drink a lot though

[–] retrolasered@feddit.uk 2 points 11 hours ago

Britain: hold my drink

[–] alex@jlai.lu 15 points 23 hours ago

They are. The ones you see are the ones with enough happiness and energy for you to know them.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago

You didn't think the place notorious for its lack of sun was this dreary?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

“Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.”

[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can someone ELI5 why it varies vertically across Scandinavia?

[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 34 points 1 day ago

The Scandes, a mountain range, runs north from southern Norway along the border between Norway and Sweden. Cloud formation is much more likely on the west side of the mountains, because of all the humid air blowing in from the North sea. The sun doesn't shine through an overcast sky.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Please don't post images like this, I'll end up with fellow Americans telling people in Chicago to flee north to Italy before you know it.

Well, then again maybe they won't know what Italy looks like

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you know that Venice sits at the same latitude as Minneapolis?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Didn't know that off the top of my head. I was making a joke about Italy and Chicago being at the same longitude do to the picture.

Although the area just west of Venice, now part of Tuscany I believe was given to Spain in exchange for the Louisiana Purchase (part of a larger deal) , which I believe may have included Minneapolis. Don't remember where the lines fall.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

At first I didn't realize you were complaining about the picture layout and thought you were making a clever comment about how part of Italy really is at a more northerly latitude than Chicago.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Ah no, just referencing the number of times Ive heard people either jokingly or being serious say that Alaska is next to Hawaii. Stemming from pictures like this

Also something I have had someone in person use as a reference as to why they knew Texas was larger than Alaska while playing trivia at a bar

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 20 hours ago

Those migrant vessels they sink are full of thousands of desperate Hoosiers in search of a better life

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

Of course I'd rather take a quick 2 hour flight to Greece instead of going to California. Way closer

[–] J92@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The blob across the border between England and Scotland explains so much as to why I get twin peaks vibes from Dumfries and Galloway.

[–] cmayes@notacult.social 1 points 16 hours ago

@The_Picard_Maneuver I live near Denver and can confirm that we get a lot of sun. We got solar panels last year and are now in the perverse position of using the power of the sun to counteract the power of the sun on hot summer days.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The interesting one in the US would be Alaska, since the amount of sunshine in that state alone varies wildly.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Scandanavia covers very similar latitudes as Alaska does. The mountains, storms have huge impacts on yearly sun

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bullshit, there is no way England gets that much sun ..

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

England sits at a yearly mean "sunshine hours" of 1538. If it wasn't for the western and northern parts it would be be one rank higher.

English people just love to complain about the weather, despite it raining ~50% more in Wales and Scotland.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago

I lived there for 8 years, it is a pit of moist gloom caked in soot and misery

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is your source of data, honored dude? Also, I can see why so many of my brothers by another mother in the EU rent an RV and cruise through my town all summer. Don't forget to stop and shop! (RV= caravan, I think )

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't seem to find the original source, but based on search results, I'm seeing that this map has been circulating in similar circles to this and solar power communities since at least 2016.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The American one seems to match this, which has "National Climatic Data Center's U.S. Stations 1961-1990 Monthly Normals for the Atypical Climate Elements" as its source.

The European one seems to be from this Wikimedia Commons user, but they never specified their source beyond "according to national data"

This is the sauce every map needs. Thank you.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Thr US one is what you get when you spill a bottle of ketchup on the corner of a white duvet you just washed.

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is that dark spot in Northern California Redding? I we account for smoke cover that part of the valley should have a ~ 2 weeks less sunshine than the mountains around it.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 19 hours ago

Looks like Redding, yeah.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Is the unmarked white space north of the U.S. , and between it and Europe, Mexico, or Canada? I get those two confused

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i'm confused, why does the swedish highlands magically have less sunlight hours? surely they'd have more

and there's a splotch of higher sun hours too, which looks to be lake Vänern, but if big lakes get more sunlight then why not Vättern or Mälaren too?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 10 hours ago

sola i karlsta vettu

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

Wearher and local geography play hugs roles in amount of annual sunshine.