Colombia has the world's highest precipitation rate, estimated at 3,240 millimeters per year (127 inches). Due to frequent and intense rainfall, several portions of the state are permanently flooded. It is the heaviest in regions facing the Pacific, where it rains almost every day.
The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica in an area called the Dry Valleys, which have seen no rain for nearly 2 million years. There is absolutely no precipitation in this region and it makes up a 4800 square kilometer region of almost no water, ice or snow.
1. Bergen, Norway. Securing the number one spot as the rainiest city in Europe is Bergen in Norway! Topping the data table for being both the city with the highest average rain days per month (12.7) as well as the highest average daily rainfall (8.8mm), Bergen is the outright rainiest city in Europe.
For those who don't know, Mawsynram in Meghalaya, India, is the wettest place on the Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,871 mm. Set some 15 km from Cherrapunji, this picturesque town in the East Khasi Hills district attracts travellers from across the globe.
South America is the wettest and has the largest river flow and evaporation (Table 1). Australia, with the lowest rainfall, discharges the least in consequence. Antarctica is an exception: it is very dry, and very little snow sublimates. Most water leaves this continent as ice.
The desert landscape surrounding Oodnadatta, Australia's driest town.
In 2021, Tasmania received the highest annual rainfall of any state or territory in Australia at an average of 1378 millimeters. South Australia was the driest state with 232 millimeters of rainfall on average.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place in the world. Located in Arica, Chile, its annual rainfall is only 0.03 inches.
An incredible 331 consecutive days of measurable rainfall were recorded at Manuawili Ranch, Maui, in 1939-40. If you include a trace of rain, the record is 881 consecutive days, or nearly three straight years, at Honomu Maki, Oahu, from 1913 to 1916.
Oʻahu is also known for having the longest rain shower in history, which lasted 200 consecutive days. Kāneʻohe Ranch reported 247 straight days of rain from August 27, 1993, to April 30, 1994. The average temperature in Oʻahu is around 70–85 °F (21–29 °C).
Q) Which Australian City Has The Worst Weather? Adelaide and Melbourne take the crown when it comes to cities with the worst weather in Australia. Both these cities are generally a lot cooler than others and also experience a lot more rainfall and fewer sunny days.
Australia is the second-driest continent in the world, with mean annual rainfall less than 600mm for more than 80 per cent of Australia. Australia is so dry because we sit under the subtropical high-pressure belt, which encourages the air to push down, preventing the lift required for rain.
In terms of rainfall, Australia is the driest inhabited continent, and the amount of rainwater that enters rivers is also very low. On average, only 12% of rainfall flows into rivers in Australia, compared to 39% for Europe and 52% for North America.
Average cumulative annual rainfall
Darwin is by far the wettest capital city in Australia by this measure, with an annual average of 1723.8 mm. This is half a metre higher than second-placed Sydney, which has an annual average of 1213.4 mm.
Oodnadatta, South Australia
The record for the highest official temperature ever recorded in Australia belongs to the remote outback town of Oodnadatta in South Australia.
It usually happens between April and September. As winter ends, warm, moist air from the southwest Indian Ocean blows toward countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The summer monsoon brings a humid climate and torrential rainfall to these areas. India and Southeast Asia depend on the summer monsoon.
Meghalaya is known as the wettest place on Earth, as it receives 467 inches of rain per year, according to Weather Underground, 13 times the rainfall in Seattle.
Cherrapunji, Meghalaya State, India
Ironically, despite of being the second wettest place on Earth, residents of this village face water shortages in winter when no rain falls at all for months at a time. During the wet season, incessant rains lash the region, sometimes for 15-21 days at a stretch.
The world's lowest average yearly precipitation in 0.03" (0.08 cm) during a 59-year period at Arica Chile. Lane notes that no rainfall has ever been recorded at Calama in the Atacama Desert, Chile.