rainbowgardener wrote:"Tennessee is 99% over cast all winter " Wow.... you don't live that far from me. My part of So TN/ No GA is nothing but sunshine, summer and winter.
I got curious why you would have so different climate from me, so I looked it up...
According to Sperling's Murfreesboro, Tennessee, gets 52 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 3 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 83.
On average, there are 210 sunny days per year in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The July high is around 89 degrees. The January low is 26. Sperling's comfort index for Murfreesboro is a 51 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate. The US average for the comfort index is 54. Our index is based on the total number of days annually within the comfort range of 70-80 degrees, and we also applied a penalty for days of excessive humidity.
https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/ ... rfreesboro
For comparison, Sperling's says of Chattanooga, which I am just outside of:
Chattanooga, Tennessee, gets 54 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 2 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 80.
On average, there are 207 sunny days per year in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The July high is around 89 degrees. The January low is 29. Sperling's comfort index for Chattanooga is a 63 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate. The US average for the comfort index is 54.
So you actually average three more days a year of sunshine than I do and two less inches of rain (but three extra rainy days). But you do have a noticeably lower comfort index which I am thinking has to do with high summer humidity. And you said your area is overcast all winter, so maybe your sunny days are bunched up more in spring and fall and mine are spread out more.
Also I did find this: "The pollution index in Murfreesboro is 192% worse than the national average." That sounds bad! So maybe your skies aren't so much cloudy as smoggy.