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Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon's Central Coast Range with an elevation of 3,592 feet (1,095 m). The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, [ 5 ] and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainfall record for the contiguous United States ...
Mount Bellenden Ker is the second-highest mountain in Queensland, Australia, with a height of 1,593 metres (5,226 ft). It is named after the botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler . Located 39 km (24 mi) south of Cairns , and near Babinda , it is adjacent to Mount Bartle Frere , the state's highest peak, part of the Bellenden Ker Range , also known ...
Although no rain gauge exists on the mountain, data at nearby Mount Bellenden Ker suggest an annual average rainfall of around 8,000 millimetres (310 in), [6] and an estimated potential maximum as high as 17,000 mm (670 in), both of which would make the mountain one of the wettest places in the world. Even in what constitutes the "dry" in most ...
Residents in Hughenden, Queensland, were on high alert on February 7 as the Flinders River broke its banks and the town was inundated by water and resulting debris.The river reached 4.4 metres at ...
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Tully is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Cairns by road and 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Townsville.
Babinda is a rural town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] Babinda and Tully annually compete for the Golden Gumboot, an award for Australia's wettest town. Babinda is usually the winner, recording an annual average rainfall of over 4,279.4 millimetres (168.48 in) each year. [4]
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Asia ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Mawsynram: India: 133.0 8.3 15.7 27.4 29.8 26.0 5.7