What;s your annual average rainfall? (precipitation, town)

[pepe3797]

13 mm, but last year we only got 2.1 mm

[Glacierx]

^ Wow!!! That is drier than a mofo.

I assume we are talking rain, and not just precipitation. Here are least rainy and most rainy places in each province in Canada:

Notes:

• There are 1736 weather stations with climate normals.
• Henderson Lake, BC is the rainiest place by quite a bit, but doesn't have enough data to generator a climate normal.

1) ALERT, NU ...........................................17.43 mm (0.69")
2) MOULD BAY, NWT....................................27.48 mm (1.08")

33) CARCROSS, YT ....................................152.16 mm (5.99")
55) TELEGRAPH CREEK, BC ..........................195.46 mm (7.7")
58) IQALUIT, NU .......................................197.19 mm (7.76")

70) ALTAWAN, ALTA......................................215.79 mm (8.5")
76) ESTON, SASK.........................................229.3 5 mm (9.03")
138) INUKJUAK, QUE ...............................270.96 mm (10.67")
156) CHURCHILL, MAN ...............................275.99 mm (10.87")
219) FORT LIARD, NWT ................................294.14 mm (11.58")
238) BEAVER CREEK, YT ...........................298.62 mm (11.76")

692) BIG TROUT LAKE, ONT ...........................419.72 mm (16.52")
738) NAIN, NFLD...........................................450 .17 mm (17.72")
750) SOUTHEND, SASK..................................463.56 mm (18.25")

792) ST MALO, MAN .....................................542.23 mm (21.35")

867) CAMERON FALLS, ALTA...........................651.47 mm (25.65")
902) CHARLO, NB ........................................685.6 mm (26.99")

1046) VICTORIA, PEI ......................................763.93 mm (30.08")

1260) SUMMERVILLE, NS .............................847.98 mm (33.39")

1446) EAST BALTIC, PEI ..............................978.83 mm (38.54")
1450) PORT STANLEY, ONT ..........................987.45 mm (38.88")

1517) RIVIERE VERTE OUEST, QUE ....................1136 mm (44.72")

1552) PENNFIELD, NB .....................................1237.72 mm (48.73")

1634) RED HARBOUR, NFLD................................1564.8 mm (61.61")

1639) DICKIE BROOK, NS ..................................1603.41 mm (63.13")

1736) MORESBY ISLAND MITCHELL INLET, BC ......6273.36 mm (246.98")

EDIT: Where I live now gets 333 mm (13") of rain per year.

[pepe3797]

Originally Posted by Glacierx

1736) MORESBY ISLAND MITCHELL INLET, BC ......6273.36 mm (246.98")[/b]

wow that's insane!

[DCMann2]

Here on the coast we average about 40" of rain that falls between September and April. December and January are the wettest months at about 10" each but it can vary depending on the ENSO or El Nino or PDO or whatever. Last year was just awful for rain but this year we're doing alright (year meaning the rain year that runs from July 1st through June 30th).

Other areas of Humboldt and Del Norte can be much wetter. A very small town in Southern Humboldt called Honeydew can average twice what we get here on the coast

The coast is the perfect amount of rain for me

[wilkinsonj417]

Pershore, England

606.4 mm

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

570 mm on 105 days

[Botev1912]

952 mm on 122 days (above 1 mm).

[Longaotian]

1212 mm

[pepe3797]

Originally Posted by pepe3797

13 mm, but last year we only got 2.1 mm

Wikipedia says 6.4 mm now, which looking at the monthly numbers seems about realistic

[RWood]

Originally Posted by pepe3797

wow that's insane!

Try 11,500+ in a temperate zone (west of NZ's southern Alps) - and there are probably locations with 16,000 mm.