Mobile ranked as rainiest U.S. City (Birmingham, Gordo: living in, beaches)

[DreamWeavin]

I read this online. Yet another downside to living in Mobile. Of course I have been saying for years Mobile has Seattle beat in the rainfall category. It's either hot as Hades and dry or constant and torrential rain leading to flooding.
Below is a portion of the report:



When you think of Gulf Coast living, you probably think of warm sunshine and beautiful beaches, but a new study shows living along the coast comes with a catch, rain and lots of it. -- If we asked you what the rainiest U.S. City was, what would you say? If your answer is Seattle or Portland, you are wrong. Weatherbill Incorporated has analyzed 30 years worth of rainfall data, and they say it's Mobile, with an annual rainfall which averages 66 inches, or 5 feet, which gives the Port City the rank of number one.

[Twostep]

Nothing like quotes without source:>)

http://www.weatherbill.com/static/co...study_2007.pdf

I would love to see the raw data this is based on. Wasn't it right after Gordon in 2000 that Mobile was 21% or so under average? Birmingham 56+ rain days? Not in the last four years. In case you have not noticed - most municipalities in AL have issued water conservation meassures.

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[jetjockey75]

Originally Posted by northernexposure

I read this online. Yet another downside to living in Mobile. Of course I have been saying for years Mobile has Seattle beat in the rainfall category. It's either hot as Hades and dry or constant and torrential rain leading to flooding.......Mobile, with an annual rainfall which averages 66 inches, or 5 feet, which gives the Port City the rank of number one.

Seattle's weather is, by far, much drearier than Mobile. Eight months out of the year, in Seattle, it is cloudy with drizzle. At least in Mobile, when it rains it really rains.

[Dingler]

In ten minutes Mobile can rain in inches as much as a month of constant Seattle drizzle. I would take the climate of Mobile anytime.

[DreamWeavin]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18710221/ (broken link)

Originally Posted by Twostep

Nothing like quotes without source:>)

I would love to see the raw data this is based on.

[Twostep]

Originally Posted by jetjockey75

Seattle's weather is, by far, much drearier than Mobile. Eight months out of the year, in Seattle, it is cloudy with drizzle. At least in Mobile, when it rains it really rains.

You can identify natives by the moss between their toes:>)

[Twostep]

Originally Posted by northernexposure

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18710221/ (broken link)

Thank you. This was all over the net the other day. When I say raw data I mean the nuts and bolts of 30 years. Where did the information come from, who compiled it? Just as example - after Gordon in 2000 Mobile was X% under average rainfall for the year.

[bobbyr54]

I think that whomever came up with this statistic, better check again. You are forgetting, again Alaska and Hawaii. I happen to know that one place in Hawaii is the wettest place in the world with an average annual precipitation of more than 460 inches of rain.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by Dingler

In ten minutes Mobile can rain in inches as much as a month of constant Seattle drizzle. I would take the climate of Mobile anytime.

This is an old post, but I agree with it. We have "pop up" thunderstorms in this area, usually the storms that produce the heaviest rain are over with within an hour, sometimes 20 minutes.

[Keeper]

Originally Posted by bobbyr54

I think that whomever came up with this statistic, better check again. You are forgetting, again Alaska and Hawaii. I happen to know that one place in Hawaii is the wettest place in the world with an average annual precipitation of more than 460 inches of rain.

You are right about the mountain in Hawaii, but it is not a city. It also may not be the wettest place in the world every year as there is a place in India that receives as much if not more some years