annual rainfall
Precipitation per year
Annual rainfall is the total amount of precipitation an area receives over a year, typically measured in inches or millimeters.
The term appears frequently in climate descriptions, agriculture, and geography: The region's annual rainfall averages about 40 inches.
Despite the name, it includes all precipitation—rain, snow, sleet—converted to liquid equivalent.
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- inchesSmall length units
- millimetersMetric units, thousandths of meters
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