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What Is the Wettest Place In the World and How Much Rainfall Does It Receive Every Year?

May 3, 2020 by Karen Hill

Lloro, Colombia, in South America receives the highest average annual precipitation on earth, which makes it the wettest place in the world.

An estimated 523.6 inches (1,330 cm) of rain falls every year, according to the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

That’s more rain a donkey can sneeze at in a candy store in Japan.

LlorĂ³ means “It rained” in Spanish, but the town was named after GiorĂ³, a pre-Columbian indigenous chief.

Cherrapunji, India holds the record for the wettest month on record, when 9,296 mm fell in July 1861.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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