Off-Topic Discussion from "Colleges Crossed Off List or Moved Up After Visiting"

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This post is in relation to a tour of Cornell in the town of Ithaca, as it was found to be off-topic on the other thread and removed.

In case you are not aware, overcast weather is more of an expectation in Ithaca than not. This graph below (source) shows that from November through May the weather is cloudier more often than it is clearer.

Graph: The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds. Fraction Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Cloudier 71% 68% 61% 56% 53% 47% 40% 36% 38% 46% 57% 66% Clearer 29% 32% 39% 44% 47% 53% 60% 64% 62% 54% 43% 34%
Graph: The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds. Fraction Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Cloudier 71% 68% 61% 56% 53% 47% 40% 36% 38% 46% 57% 66% Clearer 29% 32% 39% 44% 47% 53% 60% 64% 62% 54% 43% 34%748×658 51.8 KB

This website indicates that there are about 155 sunny days per year in Ithaca, while the U.S. average is 205 days.

Ithaca and the Finger Lakes area are absolutely beautiful. But in case an individual is impacted by climate/weather, particularly in relation to sunlight, I wanted to bring this up.

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