Solligan 2020

Now we have a winner:
Since midsummer, Svenska Högarna has had 595 hours of sunshine.

The first week of the solar league was warm and sunny with Kiruna getting the most sun. The second week of the solar league contained a weather change to significantly cooler and more unstable weather, which makes the solar league more exciting. Solligan's second week was topped by Luleå and Karlskrona, followed by Hoburg, Ölands Norra and Kiruna. The third week follows in the same footsteps with unstable and cool weather and clearly fewer hours of sunshine than the first two weeks. Most sun, week three, got Visby with 69 hours. This means that in total we have now had more spread across the country at stations that lead after three weeks. In recent weeks, it has been quite unstable with few exceptions, which often means that it will be sunniest around the Baltic Sea. Week four, five, six and seven, Svenska Högarna got the most hours of sunshine, which is not very surprising.

This year, too, all sunshine meters in the country are reported. Over time, there will be quite a few hours, so this year we also report an average value per day. It might give a better hum about how much sun it has been the last week or since midsummer.

As usual, the coastal stations are in a good position to take home the victory, and maybe it will be the Swedish Highlands for the third summer in a row? In early August, we will know the answer.

It is the weather that is decisive for where a place ends up in the solar league. Admittedly, there is some difference between the country's northern and the country's southern places in how much the sun can potentially shine. For the weeks of the solar league, for example, it is on average about 5 hours more possible sun time per day in Kiruna than in Visby, but still Visby gets on average more sun than Kiruna. Proximity to the coast or larger lakes is clearly visible in the sunshine statistics and is clearly more decisive than how far south or north in the country the place is.

In Rapport's 19.30 broadcast on Fridays, the five who have received the most and the least number of hours of sunshine will be reported, and here on the web you can see all the values.

Solligan has been presented in Rapport since 1990. Solligan 2020 began, which is then on Midsummer's Eve. This year, seven weeks apply, so in other words, the period 19 June to 6 August is included. This summer's winner will be crowned on 7 August.