Precipitation worldwide...stats?

Question

Where in the world gets the most rain? Where does it rain the most often? Where is the most overcast part of the world or country? Where does the rain last the longest amount of time? Anything else you know about rainy weather in general?

If you know the top 10 or 20 rainiest places on the planet, could you post the list or a link?

Answer 1

This site will give you weather extremes for the past 7 days:
http://www.ems.psu.edu/WeatherWorld/features/extremes.html

This will give you stats for selected areas on 5 continents for the past year:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/global_monitoring/precipitation/global_precip_accum.shtml

This one may give you good info, but you'll have to dig a little:
http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_s_surface_water_precipitation_evaporation_and_runoff

This 40 page doc seems a treasure trove of data:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/pdf/climatesoftheworld.pdf

Answer 2

The rainiest place on Earth is a town called Cherrapunjee, India where in one year it received 86 feet 9 inches.
Check out the World Almanac at
www.worldalmanac.com

Answer 3

the rainforest!!!