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What is the annual precipitation rate?

What is the annual precipitation rate?

For the entire United States, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, the average amount of moisture falling as rain and snow is 30.21 inches (767 millimetres). The precipitation averages are based on data collected by weather stations throughout each state from 1971 to 2000 and provided by the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

What is the average yearly precipitation in California?

21.44 inches
Nevada ranks as the driest state, with an average annual precipitation of 9.5 inches, and Hawaii is the wettest, at 70.3 inches. The average annual precipitation for California is 21.44 inches.

What is the driest place in California?

Death Valley
And while the basin of Death Valley is the hottest and driest place on Earth, the park itself features a huge range of elevations and diverse wildlife. Just a little west of the park itself is Mt. Whitney. Its peak reaches over 14,500 feet.

What is the lowest precipitation amount in inches for California?

World United States
Least Average Annual Rainfall 0,03 inches Arica, Chile 2.02 inches Death Valley, CA
Greatest 24 hour Snowfall 75.8 inches Silver Lake CO Apr 14/15 1921
Greatest 1 Storm Snowfall 189 inches Shasta Ski Bowl Feb 13-19 1959
Greatest 1 Month Snowfall 390 inches Tamarack Jan 1911

How much precipitation does California get per year?

The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. The cities are sorted into separate tables for Southern California and Northern California.

What’s the average precipitation per year in Hawaii?

Below the tables there’s a map that allows you to visually compare the annual average precipitation totals among states. State-wide averages of annual rainfall plus snowfall range from a high of 63.7 inches (1618 millimetres) in Hawaii to a low of 9.5 inches (241 millimetres) in Nevada.

How much precipitation does Michigan get per year?

Average Annual Precipitation by State State Inches Milli­metres Rank Michigan 32.8 833 32 Minnesota 27.3 693 37 Mississippi 59.0 1499 3 Missouri 42.2 1071 24

What’s the average amount of precipitation in one day?

Most places also have information on the number of days with wet weather. This includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more. The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.