Sunshine 2015 - Started promising....

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Nicholas Gardner
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Sunshine 2015 - Started promising....

Post by Nicholas Gardner » Fri Jan 01, 2016 2:19 pm

The sunshine levels for 2015 started well enough and I thought we were on-course for a 2000+ hours total as the first 6 months recorded 1047 hours.

But things went awry in July and August, recovered in September and October; then went dire in November and December. Still, 2015 did not end up my most 'sunless' year (that accolade goes to 1681 hours in 2011) and the total was a respectful 1831.4 hours.

Monthly sunshine for 2015:
January = 105.0 hours
February = 108.8 hours
March = 151.8 hours
April = 247.6 hours
May = 177.0 hours
June = 256.8 hours
July = 172.4 hours
August = 144.8 hours
September = 225.4 hours
October = 134.6 hours
November = 49.1 hours
December = 58.1 hours.
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