What;s your annual average rainfall? (climate, warm, averages, temperature)

[bjh]

In Shelby Co. Tenn where I live now (county contains Memphis) the annual rainfall averages is about 48" per year.

We moved here from Dallas Co. Texas which has an annual average rainfall of 33" per year.

Lucky thing we like rain.

What's it like in your neck of the woods?

How does that differ from where you've lived or where you want to be?

[RichardW]

Annual average rainfall in Lincoln, England

598.8mm

23.57"

So far this year we have had 7" and no more is forecast this month. So we are somewhat below average.

[§AB]

around 650mm. Not huge, but that is spread out over 140 miserable drizzly days with about 1 thunderstorm on average in the entire year

[anthony97]

21.54 in.

[koyaanisqatsi1]

Sydney (Observatory Hill) 1213 mm on 137 days
Sydney Airport 1084 mm on 128 days.

The airport lies in a bit of a "rain shadow" area which explains the lower rainfall compared to the city.

[cruxan]

42 inches annually-- st croix us vi... bring the rain please when you come visit

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by cruxan

42 inches annually-- st croix us vi... bring the rain please when you come visit

That does sound fairly dry for somewhere tropical.

[ColdCanadian]

Where I live, it's about 800 mm or about 32 inches.
For our annual average temps of 54 F (12 C) in the day and 37 F (3 C) at night,
our level of precip usually varies from "barely enough" to "way too much."

I'd rather live somewhere warm,
but I'm indifferent to this warmer cliamte is "as wet as here" or "dry and droughty."
Most of the time the temperature of the precipitation is what bothers me most.

*I tend to enjoy the feeling of rain if the temp. of the rain is at least 80 F. (27 C)

[bjh]

Originally Posted by RichardW

Annual average rainfall in Lincoln, England

598.8mm

23.57"

So far this year we have had 7" and no more is forecast this month. So we are somewhat below average.

I thought England would be rainier than that. Perhaps it mists or drizzles a lot.
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Well, in the states, if rain is what you want, Louisiana is the place to be. Annual Rainfall for U.S. States

The trouble with this list though is that quite a few states have divergent climates.

Take So Cal with all that desert, the Mojave, Death Valley for heaven's sake, but No Cal gets plenty of rain.

Seattle gets lots of rain, but not all of Washington state apparently.

Texas: Houston and the gulf area get daily rain some parts of the year. Around El Paso, not so much.

[§AB]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Where I live, it's about 800 mm or about 32 inches.
For our annual average temps of 54 F (12 C) in the day and 37 F (3 C) at night,
our level of precip usually varies from "barely enough" to "way too much."

I'd rather live somewhere warm,
but I'm indifferent to this warmer cliamte is "as wet as here" or "dry and droughty."
Most of the time the temperature of the precipitation is what bothers me most.

*I tend to enjoy the feeling of rain if the temp. of the rain is at least 80 F. (27 C)

The temp of the rain is the major problem here aswell. It is guaranteed to drop below 20C if it rains, even during the afternoon on a mid summer day. Outside of summer, rain is downright cold, which is moistly the reason I dislike it.

-When I was in Cairns earlier this month, we had a full day of drizzle and rain, and fog, yet the temp stayed above 23C the entire time, making it feel nice and steamy