Mobile, Alabama is the wettest city in the contiguous 48 United States with an average of 67 inches of rain annually. Mt. Waialeale in Hawaii receives the most rainfall in the US with about 460 inches annually. Seattle is not in the top 10 rainiest cities. Lloro, Colombia is the wettest place in the world. Mawsynram, India is also one of the wettest places in the world. Olympia, Washington had the highest average number of rainy days in a year of any US city for three decades.
The wettest city in the contiguous 48 United States is Mobile, Alabama, which receives an average of 67 inches (about 1,700 mm) of rain annually and averages about 59 rainy days annually. The place in the United States that receives the most rainfall is Mt. Waialeale in Hawaii, which receives about 460 inches (about 11,680 mm) of rain annually.
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Though often considered the rainiest city in the United States, Seattle doesn’t even make the top 10. The nine rainiest cities in the United States after Mobile are Pensacola, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; West Palm Beach, Florida; Lafayette, Louisiana; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Miami, Florida; Port Arthur, Texas; Tallahassee, Florida; and Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The wettest place in the world is thought to be Lloro, Colombia, which reportedly gets about 523 inches (about 13,300 mm) per year. Mawsynram, a village in northeastern India, is also considered to be one of the wettest places in the world and regularly receives more than 467 inches (about 11,870 mm) of rain annually. In 1985, Mawsynram received a record 1,000 inches (26,000 mm) of rainfall.
Though 24th in overall rainfall, Olympia, Washington had the highest average number of rainy days in a year of any U.S. city for three decades, with 63 rainy days per year.
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