What is the percentage of sunshine, on average, each state or major
city receives(preferably in chart form)?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 24 Apr 2005 12:46 PDT

Becki82,

I can point you to a table that provides the percentage of annual
sunshine for a major city in each of the fifty States. This data is
not available in chart form.

Please let me know via the clarification feature if my findings would
serve your purpose and I will gladly post them as the official answer
to your question.

Thanks,
Bobbie7

I finally located an excellent map that illustrates the mean
percentage of possible sunshine annually.

Download or view here:
http://vortex.accuweather.com/phoenix2/images/common/misc/sunshine_400x300.gif


The following figures are annual percentages of possible sunshine for
each of the 50 states.  Scientists keep records of daily sunshine. At
weather stations throughout the country, the percentage of possible
sunshine is calculated monthly and then averaged annually.

City, State          Percent Possible Sunshine (Annual)  

Birmingham, AL       57
Anchorage, AK        41
Phoenix, AZ          85
Little Rock, AR      62
Los Angeles, CA      73
Denver, CO           69
Hartford, CT         56
Washington, DC       56
Miami, FL            70
Atlanta, GA          60
Honolulu, HI         71
Boise, ID            64
Chicago, IL          54
Indianapolis, IN     55
Des Moines, IA       59
Topeka, KS           61
Louisville, KY       56
New Orleans, LA      57
Portland, ME         57
Baltimore, MD        57
Boston, MA           58
Detroit, MI          53
Minneapolis, MN      58
Jackson, MS          61
St. Louis, MO        57
Helena, MT           59
Lincoln, NE          61
Las Vegas, NV        85
Concord, NH          54
Atlantic City, NJ    56
Albuquerque, NM      76
New York, NY         58
Charlotte, NC        62
Fargo, ND            57
Cleveland, OH        49
Tulsa, OK            62
Portland, OR         48
Philadelphia, PA     56
Providence, RI       58
Columbia, SC         64
Rapid City, SD       63
Nashville, TN        56
Dallas, TX           61
Salt Lake City, UT   66
Burlington, VT       49
Richmond, VA         63
Seattle, WA          43
Elkins, WV           40
Madison, WI          54
Cheyenne, WY         66

Source: Chemical Heritage Foundation 
http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/chemo/activity/percent.htm



Here is another map that illustrates the Annual Mean Sunshine (total hours).
http://mysite.verizon.net/res086ck/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/sunshine-hrs-ANNUAL_MEAN.jpg


The National Atlas of the United States of America provides the following maps.

Monthly Sunshine (2.26MB) 
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_atlas_1970/ca000072.jpg

Larger version (6.36MB) 
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_atlas_1970/ca000072_large.jpg

Annual Sunshine and Evaporation (937K)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_atlas_1970/ca000073.jpg

Larger version (2.60MB)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_atlas_1970/ca000072_large.jpg



Search criteria:
Percent OR percentage of sunshine
Sunshine by  State * percent

I hope this is helpful. 

Best regards,   
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Apr 2005 15:39 PDT

I have uploaded a document with a bar chart showing the percentage of
sunshine by state at the following url for you to save and download.
http://s15.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05LG7NSL2PV7E04JZK5CXEZEE9
The file will remain on the server for only 7 days.