The annual rainfall varies from nothing. as in the Sahara in Africa and the coast of Peru, to 493 inches, as in Cherrapungi. in South-Western Assam The greatest rainfall in England is at Seathwaitc, 145 inches; London has 25; Washington, 41; Paris, 22; Pekin, 17: Cracow. 13; Rome. 31: Berlin. 24: San Francisco, 22; New York, 43; Vera Cruz, 183; Melbourne, 29.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20282, 17 April 1934, Page 7
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