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Post by Ethereal on Apr 13, 2023 21:21:38 GMT -5
I know, but I just thought that since they're more northernmost and rather inward I expected them to be prone to polar vortexes in some winters where they get immense and sustained cloud cover from time to time. There is no sustained cloud cover there in winter. I said I "thought", though. Anyway it's surprising and interesting. I didn't know that they were this sunny. |
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Post by Iwantsnow on Apr 15, 2023 22:48:15 GMT -5
Denver for cooler summers, more variable, more summer storms. SLC gets more snow in the winter months which is a bonus, but it has more air quality issues.
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Post by sari on Apr 16, 2023 1:12:08 GMT -5
Salt Lake. I doubt they're both that sunny though...3,000-3,1000 hours? That's San Diego/LA level...Something is not right here Keep in mind that Summer is the dry season in SLC, and their days are over 45 mins longer than LA in June I believe the sun stats.
As for the cloudy winters, as I understand it it's a phenomenon of the local geography. They get extremely strong temperature inversions because that valley is the lowest point in the entire Great Basin.
You can see them pretty clearly in weather records. The "signature" is highs consistently within a few degrees F of freezing, small diurnal ranges, and often a trace of precipitation on many consecutive days (what this actually represents is humidity continuously at 100%, with snow on the ground and heavy cloud cover).
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Post by firebird1988 on Apr 16, 2023 2:01:13 GMT -5
Keep in mind that Summer is the dry season in SLC, and their days are over 45 mins longer than LA in June I believe the sun stats.
As for the cloudy winters, as I understand it it's a phenomenon of the local geography. They get extremely strong temperature inversions because that valley is the lowest point in the entire Great Basin.
You can see them pretty clearly in weather records. The "signature" is highs consistently within a few degrees F of freezing, small diurnal ranges, and often a trace of precipitation on many consecutive days (what this actually represents is humidity continuously at 100%, with snow on the ground and heavy cloud cover).
I've been in SLC during a freezing fog event, in December 2015, so I'm aware |
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Post by sari on Apr 16, 2023 2:21:56 GMT -5
I believe the sun stats.
As for the cloudy winters, as I understand it it's a phenomenon of the local geography. They get extremely strong temperature inversions because that valley is the lowest point in the entire Great Basin.
You can see them pretty clearly in weather records. The "signature" is highs consistently within a few degrees F of freezing, small diurnal ranges, and often a trace of precipitation on many consecutive days (what this actually represents is humidity continuously at 100%, with snow on the ground and heavy cloud cover).
I've been in SLC during a freezing fog event, in December 2015, so I'm aware I have as well, December 2019. It's not a fun time. |
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Post by CRISPR on Feb 6, 2024 4:48:15 GMT -5
I guess Salt Lake City for warmer nights and marginally more rainfall; though I prefer Denver's sunshine + rainfall distribution
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Post by trolik on Nov 21, 2024 20:23:19 GMT -5
I like variability but Denver's winters are all over the place whilst SLC's feels much more 'sane'. That snowfall peak in March is shit too.
Denver does have a summer rainfall peak and the winters are sunny but looks like SLC can still get a few storms in summer and at least it's sorta rainy in the shoulder seasons.
Going with SLC.
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Post by Cadeau on Nov 21, 2024 21:54:02 GMT -5
Denver has much better summer lows. They still get significantly fewer thunderstorms than the East Coast, so that's not an important factor here.
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