What state has the most sunny days?

The sunniest U.S. states are: Arizona (5,755 kJ/m^2), New Mexico (5,642 kJ/m^2), Nevada (5,296kJ/m^2), Texas (5,137 kJ/m^2), California (5,050 kJ/m^2), Colorado (4,960 kJ/m^2), Oklahoma (4,912 kJ/m^2), Kansas (4,890 kJ/m^2), Utah (4,887 kJ/m^2), and Florida (4,859 kJ/m^2).
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What state has least sunny days?

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.
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What town has the most sunny days?

According to the World Meteorological Organization, Yuma (Arizona) is the sunniest place on earth. It has a total of 11 hours of sunlight in winter and up to 13 in summer. This means Yuma experiences an average of 4,015 hours of sunshine per year. At first this sounds fantastic.
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Is Florida the sunniest state?

National Weather Service statistics confirm your suspicion that Florida is not the nation's sunniest state, but it does rank near the top of the list. Arizona leads that list, followed by California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and then, at #6, Florida.
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Which state has the best weather?

Based on these criteria, California has the best weather of all 50 states. Coastal cities in south and central California, such as San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Santa Barbara, experience only 20 inches of rain per year and temperatures typically between the low 60s and 85 degrees.
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Top 10 cities with the best weather in the United States. Bring your sunblock.



What's the rainiest state?

Hawaii overall is the rainiest state in the US, with a state-wide average of 63.7 inches (1618 millimetres) of rain a year.
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Where is it always sunny in USA?

Yuma, Arizona tops the list of places in United States with the most sun. Generally it's sunny in Yuma for 90% of the time from sunrise to sunset. In fact, with its typical 4300 sunny hours a year, Yuma achieves the world record for most recorded annual average sunshine.
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What is the cloudiest state?

Days of Heavy Cloud

The south coast of Alaska leads the way as the cloudiest region of the United States. Several weather stations scattered along the coast's remote islands and bays report more cloudy days a year than anywhere else in the country.
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What is the coldest state in USA?

Alaska is the coldest state in the U.S. Alaska's average temperature is 28.1°F (-2.7°C) and can go as low as -30°F (-34°C) during the winter months. The Fairbanks area experiences some of the hottest and coldest temperatures in the state, with highs of 90°F in the summer and lows around -50°F.
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Does Colorado get more sunshine than Florida?

Colorado has only about half that; according to the National Climatic Data Center, Colorado has 136 days of clear and sunny weather per year, while Florida only gets about 101.
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Is Colorado always sunny?

Based off the National Weather Service definitions, the climate center's study found that Denver can typically count on having about 115 clear days, 130 partly cloudy days and 120 cloudy days each year.
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What US city has the least sunny days?

Seattle, Pittsburgh, Ithaca: US cities that get the least sun.
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What city has the most gray days?

Anchorage, AK

With an average of over 230 cloudy days per year, Anchorage is the gloomiest city in the United States. This high number of cloudy days actually means that Anchorage spends about 65% of every year under clouds.
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Where does it rain a lot but not snow?

Hawaii, a US state located in Oceania, is the wettest state in the country. Hawaii is an island group that is part of Polynesia, a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii has hundreds of islands occupying a total area of about 28,311 square km. Hawaii experiences a tropical climate.
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What state has the brightest sun?

The sunniest U.S. states are: Arizona (5,755 kJ/m^2), New Mexico (5,642 kJ/m^2), Nevada (5,296kJ/m^2), Texas (5,137 kJ/m^2), California (5,050 kJ/m^2), Colorado (4,960 kJ/m^2), Oklahoma (4,912 kJ/m^2), Kansas (4,890 kJ/m^2), Utah (4,887 kJ/m^2), and Florida (4,859 kJ/m^2).
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What US city has the best weather year round?

Best U.S. Cities for Year-Round Weather
  • Orlando, FL.
  • San Diego, CA.
  • Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Santa Fe, NM.
  • Sarasota, FL.
  • Scottsdale, AZ.
  • St. George, UT.
  • Tacoma, WA.
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Where is it 60 70 degrees year round?

1. California

Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria all have average daily highs no lower than the mid-60s for any month of the year.
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What is the sunniest city in North America?

Yuma, Arizona, USA

With an average of 4,015 hours of sunshine per year, Yuma, Arizona, claims the title of the sunniest city in the world.
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What is the driest state?

Nevada is the Nation's driest state, with statewide annual average (1895–2020) precipitation only 10.2 inches. Regionally, annual average (1991–2020 normals) precipitation varies from 4 inches in some low elevation locations in the southwest to more than 50 inches on high mountain peaks of the Sierra Nevada.
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What is the 2nd driest state?

2. Arizona. Arizona is America's second driest state.
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What is the least rainiest state?

Nevada is the driest state in the US, receiving about 10.2 inches (241 mm) of rain every year. According to data collected since 1938, Las Vegas receives slightly less than 4.2 inches of rain per year on average.
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What state has the shortest winter?

Florida has the mildest winters in the continental U.S (mid-Dec to mid-April).
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Why is Michigan weather so weird?

The presence of lakes or oceans can contribute to weather problems — for instance, the huge amounts of lake-effect snow in Houghton, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (about twice as much as in notoriously snowy Buffalo, New York). But water usually does more to regulate temperatures and severe weather.
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Why is the sun so strong in Florida?

Because Florida lies so close to the equator, it receives stronger sunlight than the rest of the country. If you shine a flashlight on a globe, right in the middle, the area where the light is the brightest represents the areas where the sun's radiation is most concentrated, and this is responsible for creating heat.
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