Popular belief is Florida (the sunshine state), however, that is merely the "popular" belief perpetuated by license plates and the Florida visitors bureau. The actual meteorological data shows that 5 U.S. states actually have a greater claim on that title than Florida. The top state, and it makes sense when you think about it, is Arizona. Next, are California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas, in that order. These stats are from the national weather service and were reported in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-06-21-fla-sunshine_x.htm As stated in the USA Today article, Florida has more days where between 20% and 70% of the sun is blocked by clouds than anywhere else in the United States. See what marketing can do for you.
Yuma, Arizona claims to have the most days of sunshine per year compared to other Southwest towns.
Yuma, Arizona is known for claiming to have the most days of sunshine in a year of any city in the United States.
According to currentresults.com, GA averages over 200 days of sunshine a year in some cities. By combing the number of sunny and partly sunny days in a year, cities like Atlanta average 218 days of sunshine and is sunny about 60% of the time by taking the average time between sunrise and sunset over a course of year.
Kansas gets the highest number of tornadoes per area unit, with about 12 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles per year.
They average 283 days of sunshine per year.
The surface of the sun!
Queensland is the Austalian state with the nickname of "Sunshine State". This is because much the state has a mild and temperate climate all year around, and some of the most popular beaches in Australia.
The nickname of the state of Florida is "The Sunshine State." This nickname is derived from the state's generally sunny and warm climate throughout the year. Florida's nickname is widely recognized and used in various contexts, including tourism promotions and official state branding.
New Jersey has the most sunshine in the northeast region of the United States. It receives an average of around 210 sunny days per year.
The original Sunshine State is the state of Queensland in Australia.The USA like the idea of a "Sunshine State", so they use the nickname for their state of Florida.Sunshine State is also a comic by DC Comics artist Graham Nolan.
Calgary typically has around 333 days of sunshine each year.
Virginia Beach, Virginia gets an average of 213 sunny days each year. The average annual rainfall in Virginia Beach is 47.8 inches, which is higher than the national average of 36.5 inches.
58 days a year.
Of the US states, Michigan and Washington receive the least amount of sunshine per year.
Aphotic zone is the area of a lake or an ocean which gets little or no sunshine throughout the year.
New York State gets tornadoes every year. From 1961 to 1990 the state has averaged 5 tornadoes each year. Most of them are weak.
The answer I got was not specific. It just says Albuquerque averages more than 300 days of sunshine a year. I found another site by accident that says Albuquerque gets 310 days of sunshine a year.