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Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Asia ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Mawsynram: India: 133.0 8.3 15.7 27.4 29.8 26.0 5.7
The letters in the top row stand for months: January, February, etc. The bars and numbers convey the following information: The blue bars represent the average amount of precipitation (rain, snow etc.) that falls in each month. The blue numbers are the amount of precipitation in either millimeters (liters per square meter) or inches.
Of those that made landfall or crossed the Philippines, the average was nine per year. In 1993, a record nineteen typhoons made landfall in the country, making it the most in one year. The fewest per year were four during the years 1955, 1958, 1992, and 1997. [8] PAGASA categorizes typhoons into five types according to wind speed.
This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] ... Philippines: 2,348: Asia 19 ...
The Climate of Cebu is a tropical wet and dry climate. There are two seasons in Cebu - the wet season and the dry season. [1] Cebu has three different climates, based on the distribution of rainfall, with the most prevalent ones being Am and Af and a very minor area of Aw. Based on temperature, the warmest months of the year are March through ...
A Decade of Rain (2003), an artwork depicting Waiheke Island precipitation data from 1992 to 2002. New Zealand's Cropp River has the 4th highest rainfall in the world with a 11499mm per year average. The river may be only 9 km long but it certainly punches above its weight in precipitation. [34]
Rainfall rates downwind of cities are increased between 48% and 116%. Partly as a result of this warming, monthly rainfall is about 28% greater between 32 and 64 kilometres (20 and 40 mi) downwind of cities, compared with upwind. [113] Some cities induce a total precipitation increase of 51%. [114]
Most modern rain gauges generally measure the precipitation in millimetres in height collected during a certain period, equivalent to litres per square metre. Previously rain was recorded as inches or points, where one point is equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch. [16] Rain gauge amounts are read either manually or by automatic weather station ...