Rainiest City (excluding Hawaii) (place, America, Atlanta, life)

[JoCo freak]

What do you think the rainiest city is, I think it is Seattle.

[Hoarfrost]

Seattle doesn't get the most rain, it just rains the most often.

[PDX_LAX]

In terms of actual precipitation, I do not know. But in terms of days with rain (the cities that 'feel' most rainy) it's Seattle at least for major cities.

[ckhthankgod]

Here's a list of cities I found from 2007. Interesting list of cities: Study Reveals Top 10 Wettest U.S. Cities | LiveScience

Basically, move to a Gulf of Mexico or major Florida city.

[miamiman]

Several places in the mountains on the Kodiak peninsula of Alaska receive at least a couple hundred inches of rain a year. The city of Kodiak receives 65 on average.

In the continental US, some places in southern Alabama, southern Georgia, and parts of Florida receive around 60 inches of rain per year.

[horsinround1974]

Hope you don't consider my response rude but, you need to do more research. This is a common misconception about the Seattle area. Seattle only gets 37.1 inches of average yearly rainfall, which is less than New York City, Atlanta, Houston, and most of the cities of the Eastern seaboard of the US. I am a native Washingtonian, and have lived here 34.5 of the last 35.5 years of my life, and get tired of hearing this misconception. Yes, we are under cloud cover of some sort or another for 226 days of the year, and when it rains it usually drizzles. However, our weather tends to be mild, and being the outdoor enthusiast that I am, I would much rather live here and be able to enjoy it, than live somewhere where the temperatures often exceed 90 degrees and its sunny all the time.

[horsinround1974]

By the way, I should also say that 226 days of average cloud cover does not mean 226 days of rain. We are often cloudy without a drop of rain.

[Thomas R.]

Mobile, Alabama going by City-Data. (There are a few above Mobile, but I seem to recall that cities under a 100,000 "don't count" here) If Mobile is even too small than Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

//www.city-data.com/top2/c462.html

Seattle is low in sunshine, although Tacoma and a few New York cities have even less cloudless days.

//www.city-data.com/top2/c475.html
//www.city-data.com/top2/c477.html

[nycricanpapi]

Originally Posted by Thomas R.

Mobile, Alabama going by City-Data. (There are a few above Mobile, but I seem to recall that cities under a 100,000 "don't count" here) If Mobile is even too small than Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

//www.city-data.com/top2/c462.html

Seattle is low in sunshine, although Tacoma and a few New York cities have even less cloudless days.

//www.city-data.com/top2/c475.html
//www.city-data.com/top2/c477.html

I agree Mobile, Alabama is the rainiest city in the U.S.

Study Reveals Top 10 Wettest U.S. Cities | LiveScience

[DrewbieDoobie]

Mobile, Alabama is the rainiest city in America. Thorsby, Alabama (where I live) is also the cloudiest town west of the Mississippi River, with 201 cloudy days a year.