“Is it true that Nashville gets more rain annually than Seattle, Washington?”
The horror of Hurricane Harvey made us take another look at this question, given that parts of Houston have already had more rain than Nashville gets in a whole year and way more than Seattle.
Preliminary record: Harvey has passed the 50″ measured single-storm rainfall record for the continental US.
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https://t.co/sgB1qmoe4M— NWS (@NWS)
August 29, 2017
In fact, much of the South gets more precipitation than drizzly Seattle, where rain gauges collect a mere 37 inches a year. Nashville soaks up 47 inches on average, according to U.S. climate data. Memphis is even wetter.
Perhaps you could say in a place like Tennessee, when it rains, it pours. And in Seattle, when it rains, it really sprinkles.
Where Seattle tops Nashville is on the number of rainy vdays per year with 147 compared to 119.
Nashville is also a little more consistent with its rainfall than Seattle, which has an obvious dry season.
May is the wettest month in Nashville and June is far from the dryest.
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