Monday, May 21, 2007

Contrary to popular belief Seattle is not the rainiest city




Seattle didn't even make the top 40.

Annual Top 10 Rainy Cities
Average Rainfall
(in inches)
1. Mobile, AL 66.9
2. Pensacola, FL 64.6
3. New Orleans, LA 63.9
4. West Palm Beach, FL 62.5
5. Lafayette, LA 61.8
6. Baton Rouge, LA 61.7
7. Miami, FL 61.5
8. Port Arthur, TX 60.8
9. Tallahassee, FL 60.5
10. Lake Charles, LA 58.2

U.S. Average 34.5

http://www.weatherbill.com/static/content/rainfall_study_2007.pdf

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok, let me rephrase it...Seattle is the grayest, drizzliest, most depressing city on the planet. How's that?

A said...

That works... though some people really like that kind of weather. I for one would hate to live in the hot weather of Arizona or California.