Central Europe . a,o1-1 U CLIMATE 119. w e4 120 CENTRAL EUROPE and rivers. Exclusive of mountain tops, we should seebut one district—on the North Sea—where about 75 percent, of the sky area appeared to be overcast. Theclearest skies in all Central Europe, with only 40 per cent,of cloud, would lie over the southern islands of Dalmatia,the coastal strip of Ragusa, and some considerablestretches of the Hungarian plain. To these sunny areasseem to succeed next certain Alpine valleys, but theapparent freedom of these from cloud is mainly due tothe enclosing mountains, which conceal from the spec-ta
Central Europe . a,o1-1 U CLIMATE 119. w e4 120 CENTRAL EUROPE and rivers. Exclusive of mountain tops, we should seebut one district—on the North Sea—where about 75 percent, of the sky area appeared to be overcast. Theclearest skies in all Central Europe, with only 40 per cent,of cloud, would lie over the southern islands of Dalmatia,the coastal strip of Ragusa, and some considerablestretches of the Hungarian plain. To these sunny areasseem to succeed next certain Alpine valleys, but theapparent freedom of these from cloud is mainly due tothe enclosing mountains, which conceal from the spec-tator the lower, more cloudy sky towards the observers have taken the more advantageouscourse of measuring not the total area of sky overcastwith cloud, but the more important duration of the stations of Central Europe where such observa-tions are made, the widest difference is between Hamburgwith 1236 hours of sunshine in the year, and Pola with2546 (three or four hours, and seven hours per diem). The
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