Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Virginia is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours. Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
| City | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg | 112 | 107 | 219 |
| Norfolk | 106 | 107 | 213 |
| Richmond | 100 | 106 | 206 |
| Roanoke | 102 | 112 | 214 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
| City | % Sun |
|---|---|
| Lynchburg | 59 |
| Norfolk | 60 |
| Richmond | 63 |