And the rainiest city in the U.S. is…
The 10 rainiest cities in the U.S. by amount of annual rainfall include:
1. Mobile, Ala.: 67 inches average annual rainfall; 59 average annual rainy days
7. Miami, Fla.: 62 inches average annual rainfall; 57 average annual rainy days
A misleading list. Miami rain comes on strong for about 20 minutes then is over. It’s rarely a full day affair, unless of course there’s a hurricane. I guess I shouldn’t get too worked up about an article using the word ‘rainiest’ as a scientific term.
And no, Seattle doesn’t even make the list.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:17 am
The Seattle area is kind of the opposite of Miami. It rains all day for months at a time, but very little actually comes down. Seattle’s actual rainfall in inches is equivalent to New York. But when it rains, it kind of drizzles all day. No big squalls like the southeast gets. (Except for when I’m trying to watch a football game at Seahawk Stadium.)