Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Measured from a PV array near Prince George
Daily Peak Sun Hours (kWh/M2)
Month 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average BCH * NASA *
January
1.39 1.23




1.31 1.6 1.84
February
2.52 1.23




1.87 2.6 3.06
March 3.00 3.68 3.76




3.48 3.7 4.28
April 3.93 4.65 5.38




4.65 4.9 5.29
May 6.00 4.86 5.88




5.58 5.4 5.63
June 6.56 6.93 5.93




6.47 5.6 5.80
July 6.51 6.73 6.89




6.71 5.8 5.88
August 2.81 5.52 4.92




4.42 5.2 5.22
September 3.70 4.16 3.99




3.95 3.8 4.22
October 2.04 2.79 2.28




2.37 2.6 2.95
November 0.93 1.40 1.38





1.24
1.5 1.93
December 1.02 1.09 .96





1.02
1.2 1.55
Average 3.65 3.81 3.65





3.59 3.66 3.97












BCH= Data from the “BC Hydro, BC Green Energy Study – Phase2 – Mainland” table-6 on page 15
NASA= Data from the NASA web site
Monthly Peak Sun Hours (kWh/M2)

Month 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average

January
43 38




41

February
71 34




52

March 93 114 117




108

April 118 139 161




140

May 186 151 182




173

June 197 208 178




194

July 202 209 214




208

August 87 171 153




137

September 111 125 120




119

October 63 86 71




73

November 28 42 41








December 31 34 30








Average 112 116 112





114

 Total (year)
1,393 1338