America's Rainiest Cities (rainfall, days, precipitation, storms)

[stilldirrty]

What are some of the Rainiest Cities in America? Cities that have a substantial population.
Obvious would be Seattle.
The Non-Obvious would be Phoenix.

What are some of the bigger cities in America that gets a lot of rain, or cities that actually do not get noticed for their rain?

For example I heard New York City gets a lot of rain, but when I went there and stayed there for a week. It didn't rain at all. (I went during Summer)

[toughguy]

It typically doesn't rain in Seattle at all during the summer either. Just like other cities, there is a rainy season, albeit the rainy season in Seattle lasts much longer than most other places.

[Steve-o]

Regarding rain... some cities in the south get a lot of rain, but in short spurts here and there. Then there are places like Seattle that dont get as much rain but have more days that deliver precipitation.

[Beetlez]

Actually, Seattle receives less rain than almost any of the cities on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. (only about 36 inches yearly compared to say, 45 inches yearly in New York City). As toughguy said, the rainfall is just more drawn out.

Here's the list of the wettest cities according to a random web site:

[SIZE=3]10 wettest cities[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]
Avg annual precipitation in inches[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]1. Hilo, Hawaii[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]128.00[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]2. Quillayute, Washington[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]104.50[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]3. Astoria, Oregon[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]69.60[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]4. Blue Canyon, California[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]67.87[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]5. Mobile, Alabama[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]64.64[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]6. Tallahassee, Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]64.59[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]7. Pensacola, Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]61.16[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]8. New Orleans, Louisiana[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]59.74[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]9. W Palm Beach, Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]59.72[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]10. Miami, Florida[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]59.55[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Chart data sources: The National Climatic Data Center, Riskmeter Online, Hurricane City, Weatherpages.com,
National Lung Association[/SIZE]

Oops, the table didn't copy properly, but you get the idea.

[bostoner]

Houston, starting in spring and into summer/during hurricane season, sees a lot of rain at 54 inches. We get a lot of brief thunderstorms... that result in flash flooding when they're not so brief. It keeps the greenery lush and green though so I can't complain.

[tpabes]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Regarding rain... some cities in the south get a lot of rain, but in short spurts here and there. Then there are places like Seattle that dont get as much rain but have more days that deliver precipitation.

You hit it right on with the southeast, at least according to msnbc:
And the rainiest city in the U.S. is... - LiveScience - MSNBC.com
Mobile Alabama was first.

[Journey2LS]

During the summertime in Florida it rains every single day at the same time each day.

[BRIAN77008]

Originally Posted by houstoner

Houston, starting in spring and into summer/during hurricane season, sees a lot of rain at 54 inches. We get a lot of brief thunderstorms... that result in flash flooding when they're not so brief. It keeps the greenery lush and green though so I can't complain.

Amen. I'll take the lush greenery with rain any day over scorched earth and drought.

[PencilMeIn]

Originally Posted by ksgator

During the summertime in Florida it rains every single day at the same time each day.

Yes, late afternoon.....it pours....but that is very doable cause you aren't freezing your hiney off! In Seattle it doesn't rain as hard.....but it drizzles and drizzles and drizzles. Here it is May and it is cold 50's and rain.....Yuk! Can't wait to get back to the sunshine state.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by ksgator

During the summertime in Florida it rains every single day at the same time each day.

That was one of my favorite things when I visited Florida. I loved watching those big thunderheads develop in the afternoon, just to clear out not too long afterwords. Really neat stuff. The only thing that sucked is the sun would come back out and man that pavement would steam and the humidity would skyrocket.