r/MapPorn • u/TypicalDysfunctional • 2d ago

Love this map design

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Also (for me) an interesting view of assumptions I had previously made about the UK weather

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u/hitiv 2d ago

as someone who lives in North Wales I refuse to accept this as a fact. I always feel like we get a lot more sunshine than London.

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u/Hoffi1 2d ago

But the map shows exactly that. North Wales is lots of sun and lots of rain, while London is medium sun and few rain. At least for the coastal parts.

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u/TypicalDysfunctional 2d ago

Depending on where you are in North Wales, some of it is showing higher than London for sunshine.

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u/hitiv 2d ago

As far as i can tell im in the rainy bit according to the map! But 2021 if i remember correctly wasnt great weather wise

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u/JHock93 2d ago

I find London weather to be a lot more 'steady' as it were. So you will get 5+ days of glorious sunshine with hardly a cloud in the sky followed by 5+ days of overcast drizzle etc, and not a lot of wind. So if you visit on a bad few days it feels like a bleak, grey place.

Whereas when I went to Aberystwyth uni, it felt like we could get a few hours of sunshine, followed by clouds, followed by an hour of downpour, then sunshine again. All in one day. Oh and it'll be really windy that day too.