In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least. Summer High: the July high is around 85 degrees Winter Low: the January low is 21 Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year. Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.
Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure. Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years.
Climate is the average of weather over time. Start Your Review of Columbus. Members receive 10 FREE city profile downloads a month, unlimited access to our detailed cost of living calculator and analysis, unlimited access to our DataEngine, and more.
Enhanced Cost of Living Calculator Now includes childcare, taxes, health, housing for home owners vs renters, insurance costs and more when you upgrade to premium. Log In Sign Up. Climate in Columbus, Ohio. Top 10 Gloomiest Cities in the US. By Joe Roberts. Published on December 07, Share Article. The most and least gloomy cities in the US. Sign up for our moving guide! Moving Destination City, State. Moving Destination Zip Code. The 10 gloomiest cities in the US.
Anchorage, AK. Annual cloudy days: With an average of over cloudy days per year, Anchorage is the gloomiest city in the United States.
Portland, OR. Buffalo, NY. Pittsburgh, PA. Annual cloudy days: Pittsburgh is only about miles from Buffalo, so the two cities have very similar cloud cover averages. Cleveland, OH. Seattle, WA. Annual cloudy days: A cloudy day is always better with a hot mug of coffee, so it makes sense that Starbucks was founded in Seattle,4 one of the cloudiest big cities in the country. Spokane, WA. Annual cloudy days: Another Washington city, Spokane sits a mere hundred miles or so from the Canadian border.
Columbus, OH. Annual cloudy days: Columbus, the capital of Ohio, is the second of three Ohio cities to make our list. Fort Wayne, IN. Toledo, OH. Annual cloudy days: Toledo is the last city on our list and the third Ohio city to show up in our rankings. The northern half of the state also experiences frequent lake effect snow over the winter.
Central and southern Ohio gets between 72 and 77 clear days per year. Many of the cloudiest states share a border with one of the Great Lakes, but Michigan is virtually surrounded by them. As cold winds rush over Lake Superior and Lake Huron during the winter, lots of condensation forms, bringing clouds and tons of lake effect snow.
West Virginia. The Allegheny Mountains that stretch along the border between West Virginia and Virginia are responsible for much of the overcast weather in this state. Because the Alleghenies trap moisture flowing into the state from the north and west, most of the state experiences only 60 to 65 clear days per year.
One city — Elkins — only gets 48 clear days a year. As ocean air drifts inland, the mountainous terrain forces those moist air masses to rise higher and higher, forming clouds and dumping rain and snow as they go. Because of this, cities like Astoria, Eugene and Portland see between 50 and 75 sunny days each year.
Once you get past those mountain ranges, however, the eastern side of Oregon is actually extremely sunny. Eastern cities like Medford and Burns reporting clear days each year. New York. New York has several climate factors that put it high on the list of cloudy states. The Great Lakes contribute, adding a few snow days each year. This state is also on a collision course with cold air masses coming out of the north and west. In addition, New York lies alongside the St.
Lawrence Valley storm track. Cities like Binghamton and Buffalo, only see about 52 to 54 days of sunshine each year.
Many consider Alaska to be the cloudiest state in the nation, but actually, the majority of Alaska gets just as much sun as the Great Plains. The shore along the Gulf of Alaska, however, is an entirely different story. Juneau, for instance, averages just 44 days of sun per year. Farther up the Gulf, cities like Anchorage and Fairbanks get between 60 and 70 clear days per year. Winds blow storms in from the northwest in the winter and the southwest in the summer.
With a highly active climate, Vermont only sees 58 days of full sunshine each year. Between the effects of the Pacific Ocean, the Cascades and more, cities like Olympia receive 52 days of full sun per year. Seattle fares slightly better with 71 days of full sunshine. Like Oregon, the eastern half of the state sees far more sunshine. Places like Yakima get as much as days of full sun each year.
Amber Kanuckel is a freelance writer from rural Ohio who loves all things outdoors. She specializes in home, garden, environmental, and green living topics. I highly disagree with the Oregon comment.
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