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The wettest months of the year are April and May in western areas, but approaching the Gulf Coast, September becomes the year's wettest month on average. This owes to the threat from tropical weather systems, including hurricanes , which can bring torrential rains of 5 to 10 inches (130 to 250 mm) in one or two days.
There is a dry season which stretches from December to June, and a rainy season from July to November. [71] Saipan's average annual precipitation is 82.36 inches (2,092 mm), with 67 percent falling during the rainy season. [72] Typhoons frequent the island chain, which can lead to excessive rainfall. [73]
Memphis is the rainiest city in Tennessee, which has three entries in the top 20 list of rainiest U.S. cities. April (the wettest month) and August (the driest month) bookend Memphis’ summers ...
It was the only tropical storm in history to have its name retired until Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica in 2015. Tropical Storm Erin made landfall in August 2007 with heavy rainfall. A total of 9 inches (230 mm) of rain fell elsewhere than George Bush Intercontinental Airport on August 16, and many roads and neighborhoods were flooded.
Dallas. Average daily temperature: 64 degrees. Maximum temperature (average): 75 degrees. Minimum temperature (average): 53 degrees. Precipitation (average): 0.09 inches
As September is the peak of the north Atlantic hurricane season and tropical storms and hurricanes occasionally drop copious amounts of rainfall on the region, this month tends to be by far the wettest, averaging 5.64 inches (143 mm) of rain. The driest month is February, with only 0.95 inches (24 mm) of precipitation.
Richmond, Virginia, also recorded its wettest December following this week's storm.As of Saturday, 8.87 inches had fallen, edging out the old high water mark (pun intended) of 8.16 inches from 2009.
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