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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami
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Average Rainfall in World Cities
![]() ![]() Average rainfall per yer (inches) Europe Rome: 23 London: 29 Paris: 25 Berlin: 23 Frankfurt: 25 Zurich: 42.5 Bergen: 81.7 Amsterdam: 31 Milan: 39 Madrid: 17 Dublin: 29 Edinburgh: 26 North America New York City: 47.2 Washington DC: 41 Miami: 60 Los Angeles: 14.9 New Orleans: 63 Atlanta: 50 Phoenix: 7.6 Seattle: 40 Chicago: 34 Dallas: 37 Boston: 42.3 Toronto: 30 Vancouver: 43.6 Juneau: 90 South America Sao Paulo: 55 Buenos Aires: 38.7 Lima: 0.2 Caracas: 33 Asia Tokyo: 60 Shanghai: 45 Beijing: 25 Tel Aviv: 21 Hong Kong: 87 Singapore: 89.5 Calcutta: 63 Dubai: 4 Dhaka: 78 Africa Cairo: 1 Nairobi: 40 Cape Town: 24.1 http://www.worldclimate.com/ Can't believe London gets less rain than Dallas! Actually, most Euro cities do, which is very surprising. |
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how can she slap??
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Paris
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I need to live in a city with an abundant amount of rain.
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Not me, please!![]() Move to Vancouver!!
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Michican't
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: US and A
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www.bestplaces.net has good climate profiles. Florida gets a vast volume of rain, but may appear to someone who spends time there to be a fairly dry place. That's because Florida has the typical sub-tropical wet/dry seasonal climate (like with India's monsoon season, though not as pronounced), and has relatively dry weather patterns outside the summer months. |
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Better To Do Nothing
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: London
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The South East of England is currently experiencing its worst drought since records began, and it certainly doesnt rain 2 in 3 days, even on average that is an exageration. Also, the rain is not 'always perceptual, misty drizzle'. For the past few years there has been noticably less rain than when i was younger (and i'm only 20), on the whole, cloudy (but not foggy or misty) or fine sunny days FAR outnumber rainy days, in summer and even autumn it can literally go weeks without a drop of rain falling in London. The north of England is different though ...its always drizzling and depressing up there.........but dont lump the South East with that lot ![]() ![]() EDIT: Found this on wikipedia....it seems pretty accurate to me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate...ngdom#Rainfall "Parts of the United Kingdom are surprisingly dry - London receives less rain annually than Rome, Sydney or New York. In Eastern England it typically rains on about 1 day in 4 and slightly more in winter. The wettest seasons are the winter and autumn." "The county of Essex (South-East England) is one of the driest in the British Isles, with an average annual rainfall of around 600 mm (24 inches), although it typically rains on around 90 days per year. In some years rainfall in Essex can be below 450 mm (18 inches) — less than the average annual rainfall in Jerusalem and Beirut.
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Michican't
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: US and A
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Also, you do realizes that weather patterns vary from year to year right? If I say the average man is 5'10", you don't disprove that by telling me you have a couple of friends who are 5'6". According to climate stats, in London it does rain 2/3 days, so I will tend to believe that. And yes when it does rain in England it's often a day or days long affair involving a light drizzle. How could you not know that living in England yourself? That contrasts very sharply with rain patterns in say Florida, where it rains for short, but highly intense bursts.
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Better To Do Nothing
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: London
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![]() ![]() ![]() i'm well aware the climate varies from year to year, And the Uk (well, the south East at least) has had the dryest decade since records began, with the past 5 years being very dry. I can find the news reports if you'd like me too . The very problem is that we are having more short sharp showers, as opposed to days of drizzle which is what we need to replenish the ground water supplies. In the long term grand scheme of things 10 years is not long, but on a human scale it has resulted in noticably different weather, especially in the past 4 or 5 years. Please show me the climate stats that say it rains 2 thirds of the time in london and from what years they are from, (I'm not asking you this as a challenge, i'm just interested to know where you get it from cos i havent been able to find that type of data online for London). According to wikipedia (i know, not known for its acuracy, but its the best i could find) it rains 1/4 days in Essex, which is right next to London (infact a large part of East and north east London is in Essex). 1/4 is a big difference from 2/3 I wasnt disputing the comparasons between Florida either, which obviously gets more sunny days and more heavy downpours than London (same as the Mediterranian cities). I'm not one of those people who is saying it hardly ever rains in London (it does) or we have the sunniest, warmest weather in the World...(we dont). But i do think the sterotype that is always rains and is always foggy is very outdated (due to global warming ). I'm just suggesting the weather isn't as bad as most people assume.
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Team Bakerloo
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: London WC1
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![]() Show me these mysterious stats... I could do with a giggle! |
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Michican't
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Bred for skills & magic
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,856
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LOL weather forecast - London rain and cold for the next 8 days!! http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/UKXX0085?x=0&y=0 Fri 19 May Light Rain / Wind 16°C 12°C Sat 20 May Rain / Wind 16°C 12°C Sun 21 May Rain 15°C 12°C Mon 22 May Showers 16°C 9°C Tue 23 May Scattered Showers 14°C 9°C Wed 24 May Scattered Showers 16°C 9°C Thu 25 May Showers 17°C 10°C Fri 26 May Showers 16°C 11°C
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: London commuter belt (home), City of Southampton (uni)
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I never trust weather.co.uk, their long range forecasts always say that it's going to be rainy, and they always seem to be wrong. The most accurate forecasts are from the Met Office. Anyway, the long range forecast says it will be unsettled this week, then return back to normal settled dry and sunny weather like it has been for ages. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/lib/incl...ty/london.html Last edited by London_2006; May 19th, 2006 at 02:09 AM. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: NYC
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Up date : saturday 27th it will be... rain!
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Location: Miami
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^Miami still averages like 135 days of precipitation. I don't call that dry at all. In fact, we have a very rainy reputation in the summer.
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Is Paris really that dry? I mean, 25 inches is nothing!
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Seeking truth from facts
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Los Angeles / San Diego
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Hmmm... I was expecting S. Florida to be wetter, but oh well.
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