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> higher annual rainfall than places that Americans consider rainy (eg. Seattle)

a surprising amount of the US gets more rainfall than Seattle

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-17/this-simp...

Looking at that map, there are very few places that rain as often as Seattle. Most of the US that gets more precipitation, gets it in large downpours (thunderstorms).

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