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This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] ... United States: 715:
Oceania. South America. See also. References. List of cities by average precipitation. This is a selected list of cities around the world with their average monthly precipitation in litres per square metre (equivalently millimetres).
A Decade of Rain (2003), an artwork depicting Waiheke Island precipitation data from 1992 to 2002. New Zealand's Cropp River has the 4th highest rainfall in the world with a 11499mm per year average. The river may be only 9 km long but it certainly punches above its weight in precipitation. [34]
Mawsynram (/ ˈ m ɔː s ɪ n ˌ r ʌ m /) is a town in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in Northeastern India, 69 kilometres from Shillong, the state capital. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in).
Data and Methodology: How We Scored the Cities. Our ranking for the best and worst cities for getting outdoors started with the 50 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S.
The national average temperature between March and May reached 12.3 degrees Celsius, the highest since records began in 1961, with 12 national meteorological stations registering temperatures ...
Over the contiguous United States, total annual precipitation increased at an average rate of 6.1% per century since 1900, with the greatest increases within the East North Central climate region (11.6% per century) and the South (11.1%). Hawaii was the only region to show a decrease (−9.25%). [116]
The world’s largest and most populous continent is reckoning with the deadly effects of extreme summer weather, as countries endure blistering heatwaves and record monsoon rainfall, with ...