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The Aleutian Islands and Juneau are much wetter than most parts of the PNW, but this is certainly not the case for everywhere in Alaska. Fairbanks averages 108 precipitation days per year and Anchorage averages 115, a significant portion of which is snow for both cities. Seattle averages 152 precipitation days and Portland averages 154, the majority of which is rain.
Well, they receive more of a drizzle. They don't really get that much rain. The area I am in NE TN gets about 50 inches of rain, which is 16 more inches than Seattle. It just tends to fall much more heavily than it does in Seattle.
Surprisingly, to most people, places like NYC and New Orleans get much more rain than Seattle or Portland. They just get it in short, heavy downpours moreso than the slow, steady endless rainfalls.
Well, they receive more of a drizzle. They don't really get that much rain. The area I am in NE TN gets about 50 inches of rain, which is 16 more inches than Seattle. It just tends to fall much more heavily than it does in Seattle.
They do get quite a bit of rain, though - Seattle gets 37 inches, Portland gets 36, most of which comes during the fall and winter months (and is not just a light drizzle, as people so often claim). Even more when you head north into BC.
He was comparing Alaska to the PNW, and I pointed out that Seattle and Portland get significantly more rainy days than Anchorage and Fairbanks (and significantly higher rainfall totals).
They do get quite a bit of rain, though - Seattle gets 37 inches, Portland gets 36, most of which comes during the fall and winter months (and is not just a light drizzle, as people so often claim). Even more when you head north into BC.
That's not a lot of rain, though. NYC isn't known for rain, and gets 50-some inches, and more on Long Island. The Gulf Coast and Florida get even more.
I didn't realize how wet the East Coast was until I lived there. The good thing is that it's very green, though. You even see a big difference between a New York or a Boston and a Detroit or a Chicago in terms of "green-ness". The coastal cities are very wet and green, inland gets much less rain, and the country gets more arid as you head west.
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