What is America's rainiest city?

Hilo, Hawaii, takes the top spot for the rainiest city in the US, with an average of 276 days of rain per year.
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What city is the rainiest in the US?

The wettest city in the U.S. is Hilo, Hawaii, where it rains 211 days a year. Interestingly, Hilo gets between 10 and 40 times as much rain as some other parts of the Big Island. It also rains and snows a lot in Alaska. Sitka gets about 86 inches of precipitation a year over a whopping 173 days.
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What 3 US cities get the most rain?

30 Cities With The Most Rainy/Snowy Days
  • Hilo, HI — 276 days per year.
  • Cold Bay, AK — 236 days per year.
  • Yakutat, AK — 228 days per year.
  • Annette, AK — 226 days per year.
  • Juneau, AK — 224 days per year.
  • Mt. Washington, NH — 213 days per year.
  • St. Paul Island, AK — 208 days per year.
  • Quillayute, WA — 207 days per year.
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What is the rainiest city?

The wettest city in the world is Buenaventura, where it rains 258 days per year. Australia's rainiest city is Cairns in Queensland, with 117 days of precipitation. The UK's wettest city is Londonderry in Northern Ireland (147 days). The wettest city in the US is Hilo, Hawaii (211 days).
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What are the Top 5 rainiest States?

The 10 Wettest States in the United States
  1. Hawaii – 63.70 inches of rain per year.
  2. Louisiana – about 60 inches of rain per year. ...
  3. Mississippi – 57 inches of rain per year. ...
  4. Alabama – 56 inches of rain per year. ...
  5. Florida – 53.7 inches of rain per year. ...
  6. Tennessee – 51.6 inches of rain per year. ...
  7. Georgia – 50 inches of rain per year. ...
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Where is America's rainiest city?



Is Seattle the rainiest city in the US?

(WMC) - Seattle, Washington, is known by many as the rainiest city in the United States, but it actually does not even come close to the top of the list. While the Olympic Mountains to the west of Seattle act as a rain shadow, the city of Seattle picks up less precipitation each year compared to New York or even Miami.
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Who gets more rain than Seattle?

Houston gets 54" in 99 days. Atlanta gets 50" in 116. New York City gets nearly 50" in 120. Chicago is real close with 38" on 125.
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What is the gloomiest city in the US?

1. Anchorage, AK. With an average of over 230 cloudy days per year, Anchorage is the gloomiest city in the United States. This high number of cloudy days actually means that Anchorage spends about 65% of every year under clouds.
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What city gets more rain than Seattle?

Believe it or not, there are cities with even more rainy (or snowy) days: Buffalo, Portland, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. Portland didn't surprise me. It's Seattle's "little brother" down the road, and the weather there is very similar to ours. But Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh?
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What states have the worst rain?

Hawaii overall is the rainiest state in the US, with a state-wide average of 63.7 inches (1618 millimetres) of rain a year.
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What US city has perfect weather?

Best weather: San Francisco, CA

First place goes to San Francisco, with only two days of extreme heat and a low temperature just below freezing at 27 degrees. Second place goes to San Diego, followed by Los Angeles. Both have an average yearly temperature of 60 degrees with sunny days 70% of the year.
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What state barely gets rain?

Nevada is the driest state in the US, receiving about 10.2 inches (241 mm) of rain every year. According to data collected since 1938, Las Vegas receives slightly less than 4.2 inches of rain per year on average.
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What state has the most rain?

In the United States in 2021, Mississippi recorded 66.84 inches of precipitation, the highest amount of within the contiguous 48 states that year. Nevada was the driest state, with only 9.56 inches of precipitation recorded.
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What is the driest city in us?

  • #1 Yuma – Arizona.
  • #2 Imperial – California.
  • #3 Las Vegas – Nevada.
  • #4 Bakersfield – California.
  • #5 Phoenix – Arizona.
  • #6 Reno – Nevada.
  • #7 Winslow – Arizona.
  • #8 Alamosa – Colorado.
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Does it rain more in Hawaii than Seattle?

The differences in dampness are often vast. Seattle gets 37.5 inches of precipitation during an average year, a drop in the rain barrel compared to 126.7 inches in Hilo, Hawaii, and 141.3 inches in Ketchikan, Alaska.
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What is the second rainiest city in the US?

Maple Valley, Washington

It's also proudly on the list as being the second wettest city with an average rainfall of about 6-7 inches per month. Its wettest month is November where it sees an average of 12.5 inches of rain in one month.
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Whats the longest Seattle has gone without rain?

La Niña persists, keeping temperatures below normal and it was another frosty morning in western Washington Monday, but the weather remained dry.
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Does it rain more in Seattle or Portland?

Looking at the entire year, there are 182 dates on the calendar when Seattle has had more rainy days that received at least 0.01" more rain than Portland on that date over the past 73 years than vice versa.
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Does it rain more in DC or Seattle?

14. DC averages 39” of rain every year which is more than Seattle. 15.
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Which state has the harshest weather?

1. California
  • Extreme weather score: 73.1.
  • All-time maximum temperature: 134°F.
  • All-time minimum temperature: -45°F.
  • All-time greatest 24-hour precipitation: 25.8 inches.
  • All-time maximum 24-hour snowfall: 67.0 inches.
  • Annual tornadoes per 10k square miles: 0.7 per 10k square miles.
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What state has the best weather?

What state has the best weather? Many cities in southern and central California like San Diego and Santa Barbara have year-round temperatures typically between 60 and 85 degrees and see little rainfall, making California the state with the best weather!
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What is the least humid state?

Nevada has the lowest humidity. It's no coincidence the state is known for its desert and arid climate. With average relative humidity sitting at 38.3%, Nevada has the lowest relative humidity (when comparing states) in the country. Where is it 70 degrees year-round in the United States?
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