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Ever wonder how much it rains in NYC? Well, let me tell you, the Big Apple is anything but a dry city. We get plenty of rain each year, about 114cm (45 inches) -- about 71cm (28 inches) of that is snow. Since the area of New York City is 801,800,000 square meters, the average annual volume of precipitation in NYC is:
801,800,000m2 x 1.14m = 914 million cubic meters
Out of New York City, Seattle, and Miami, the average annual rainfall in NYC is second only to that in Miami which is 152 cm (60 inches) on average! We definitely get more rain than Death Valley, California, which receives less than 5 cm (2 inches) of rain annually. Those people must be really thirsty!
People measure rainfall in several different ways, which include using different devices such as simple funnel gauges (a cylinder that collects rainwater) and supplicated radar systems (uses radio waves to measure precipitation).
Annually, the earth receives approximately 86cm (34 inches) of precipitation. That means that New York City gets about 28cm (11 inches) more rain than the average city! If we have ever felt like we haven't had rain in a while, or that we're having a drought, imagine what it must be like to always live with such a small amount of water.
Despite the phrase "April showers bring May flowers", we actually get more rain in May than in April. NYC's wettest month of the year is actually November, with nearly 11cm (4.5 inches) of rain and or snow in that month! Even with that, February is the snowiest month of the year, with an average of over 20cm (8 inches) of snow in that month.
On average, NYC's annual precipitation is 114cm (45 inches), and the volume is 914 million cubic meters. We are just a little bit above average in our annual precipitation rates, just as in everything else.
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