The punishingly overcast, cheerless weather that Toronto has faced (and complained about) thus far in 2024 has actually made for the the worst conditions we've had in years, at least when it comes to the sunshine.

New updates from The Weather Network as we kick of February have confirmed that, while the sun is finally back as of this weekend, the region just suffered through the greyest January it's had in more than an entire decade.

Toronto is way too damn grey this year.. Apparently we’ve only seen 30h of sunshine all winter so far? 🙃

— Tina 🦋 (@MetaLoquita) January 22, 2024

The first month of 2024 included more hours of cloud cover over 26 gloomy days than any January in TWN's records, which go back to 2013.

What's worse, it followed an equally dismal December, which had 28 days that were mostly sunless, and without any snow to make the season at least feel a little more joyous and festive.

Waking up to another cold, grey drizzly day in Toronto pic.twitter.com/mALTtqdqNN

— David Roberts (@rowland_around) January 26, 2024

Experts called the dull conditions extremely uncharacteristic of Southern Ontario, and more comparable to what one would expect in Vancouver around this time of year.

By mid-January, we only saw 30 hours of sunlight compared to the usual 200 or so, Environment Canada meteorologists told CTV News Toronto at the time.

Any sun we did receive was on the few more seasonably chilly days, as is typically the case for winter in the city, with balmier temperatures translating to more clouds, and colder, to more sun.

You’ll have more sunshine in Toronto & the GTHA today through to Thursday of next week than you had in all of January!!
Likely won’t have any wet weather until next Friday morning. Mild temps will likely stick around until mid month then it’s back to winter weather!

— CityNews Toronto Traffic & Weather (@citynews680) February 2, 2024

Thankfully, the sun is proudly showing its face all over the city today, and is expected to stick around for quite a few days, with just one hour of sunlight on Thursday turning to 6 on Friday and 9 on Saturday.

Residents who have been bummed out all winter are already celebrating, as the downtown core hasn't seen a sunny weekend since mid-November 2023. 

Who is working on whatever the opposite of cloud seeding is for Toronto?

The sun’s finally out after a streak of grey days, and feeling so much better ☀️

— Moaaz Sidat (@moaazsidat) February 2, 2024

As one TikTok creater said in a video that has is resonating with people in Toronto this week despite it not actually being filmed here: "The weather has a huge impact on how happy I am. The sun's out, the buns are out, everything is fun, it's just a good day!"

He continued, on what appeared to be a rare sunny day in his hometown: "I hope you're having a good day today! Have a great day, I love you!"

EnviroCan predicts sunny skies and temperatures of between 2 C and 5 C  today through to Tuesday, so people should get out and enjoy it while they can.