The
wettest place in the world is Tutunendo, Colombia, with an average annual
rainfall of 463.4 inches
(1177 centimeters)
per year. The place
that has the most rainy days per year is Mount Waialeale (means ‘rippling
water’) on Kauai, Hawaii. It has up
to 350 rainy days
annually.
In contrast the longest rainless period in the world was from October, 1903, to January, 1918, at Arica, Chile - a period of 14 years. In the United States the longest dry spell was 767 days at Bagdad, California, from October 3, 1912, to November 8, 1914. (The Handy Science Answer Book, compiled by the Science and Technology department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)
In contrast the longest rainless period in the world was from October, 1903, to January, 1918, at Arica, Chile - a period of 14 years. In the United States the longest dry spell was 767 days at Bagdad, California, from October 3, 1912, to November 8, 1914. (The Handy Science Answer Book, compiled by the Science and Technology department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)
