what is north carolinas rainfall?
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From the source below:\n\nWhile there are no distinct wet and dry seasons in North Carolina, average rainfall does vary around the year. Summer precipitation is normally the greatest, and July is the wettest month. Summer rainfall is also the most variable, occurring mostly in connection with showers and thunderstorms. Daily showers are not uncommon, nor are periods of one to two weeks without rain. Autumn is the driest season, and November the driest month. Precipitation during winter and spring occurs mostly in connection with migratory low pressure storms, which appear with greater regularity and in a more even distribution than summer showers. In southwestern North Carolina, where moist southerly winds are forced upward in passing over the mountain barrier, the annual average is more than 90 inches. This region is the rainiest in the eastern United States. Less than 50 miles to the north, in the valley of the French Broad River, sheltered by mountain ranges on all sides, is the driest point south of Virginia and east of the Mississippi River. Here the average annual precipitation is only 37 inches. East of the Mountains, average annual rainfall ranges mostly between 40 and 55 inches.\n\nWinter-type precipitation usually occurs with southerly through easterly winds, and is seldom associated with very cold weather. Snow and sleet occur on an average once or twice a year near the coast, and not much more often over the southeastern half of the State. Such occurrences are nearly always connected with northeasterly winds, generated when a high pressure system over the interior, or northeastern United States, causes a southward flow of cold dry air down the coastline, while offshore a low pressure system brings in warmer, moist air from the North Atlantic. Farther inland, over the Mountains and western Piedmont, frozen precipitation sometimes occurs in connection with low pressure storms, and in the extreme west with cold front passages from the northwest. Average winter snowfall over the State ranges from about inch per year on the outer banks and along the lower coast to about 10 inches in the northern Piedmont and 16 inches in the southern Mountains. Some of the higher mountain peaks and upper slopes receive an average of nearly 50 inches a year.
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Generally, storms are low-pressure areas and nice clear weather systems are high-pressure areas.  So if pressure is falling, precipitation might be coming, and if it's rising, better weather might be coming.
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To calculate total precipitation you need both rainfall amounts and snowfall amounts, and you have to convert them to the same units somehow, as 1 inch of snow is not the same as 1 inch of rain. Usually the conversion goes toward rainfall, but if you wanted to convert to snow, in Canada we use a 1:10 ratio.  So 1 inch of snow would be 1/10 of an inch of precipitation.\nCheck http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ to see how the data is converted in US.  It may be a 1 to 12 ratio, rather than one to 10.
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The average rainfall is about 6 inches for the month of July.  You can take a look at this map below.
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The Sonoran Desert is the hottest of North American deserts. Rainfall averages about 12 inches per year, primarily in the winter from storms that come in off the Pacific Ocean. Daytime temperatures in the summer can be over 100 F. on most days. Daily temperature fluctuations are typically about 30 degrees F. There are freezing temperatures in the winter.\n\nThe weathering forces that will be active in the Sonora will be wind abrasion, differential erosion, thermal exfoliation, chemical weathering, freeze expansion, tectonic jointing (the area is an extensional regime- you might want to read the paper from Caltech which describes this), and stress relief exfoliation. Gradient is a contributing factor, but since we are comparing hypothetical rocks, that will have to be ignored. The main factors are likely to be thermal exfoliation, and chemical weathering. Freeze expansion will play a smaller role, and wind abrasion, while fierce at times, is also likely to be minor. \n\nNorth Carolina is more difficult to describe, because it has several climate zones. Annual temperature range for the state appears to be about 10 F. to 90 F. On high mountains the average high temperature is only about 68 F. Daily temperature fluctuations are about 20 degrees in mountain areas, and only 10-15 degrees in coastal areas. Annual precipitation for the state varies from 37 inches to 55 inches according to location. Average humidity is probably around 75%. Only 126 days per year have clear skies, and measurable rain falls about 120 days per year. \n\nPrimary weathering process in North Carolina will be freeze-thaw, chemical exfoliation, stress relief exfoliation, differential weathering, thermal exfoliation, and biological weathering from plants and trees. Freeze expansion, chemical exfoliation from frequent rainfall, and biological weathering are likely to be the largest factors. \n\nIt is almost impossible to come to a conclusion about "a rock" since different rocks react to different weathering processes in dissimilar ways. Southern Arizona has significant amounts of sandstone, as well as granites and basalt. North Carolina is mostly a metamorphic terrain with some sedimentary and igneous rocks. My opinion is that North Carolina will have more weathering, but for reasons that might surprise you. I think the trees and plants in North Carolina will have the greatest effect, both by root expansion and by acidifying soils causing more chemical weathering. If not for the vegetation I would have to say Arizona would have more weathering from thermal exfoliation. Chemical exfoliation can also be severe in deserts because of condensation and evaporation in the daily cycle, and desert moisture often deposits and leaches salts out of rocks. Rainfall in North Carolina may actually depress the chemical exfoliation because the frequent rainfall will remove salts immediately. The cloudy days and lower daily temperature fluctuations will cause much less thermal exfoliation in North Carolina. \n\nI don’t think there is really a correct answer to this question because it is too vague. Without comparing specific rock types, and specific locales, there are too many variables to make any valid conclusion.
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Average precipitation in New York State: 90 billion gallons per day (bgd), or 40 inches per year.\n\nOn average, NYC's annual precipitation is 114 cm (45 inches), and the volume is 914 million cubic meters.
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It gradually cools, and can hold less moisture, therefore it rains.
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No, the rainiest place in the United States is Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii (32-year avg), 460 in. (1,168 cm).\n\nAlabama is not the wettest state either.\n\nAs you can see from the map in the third source here, the rainiest areas of the continental US are on the Pacific Coast.
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The volume of rainfall can be calculated as hectare-mm or acre-inches in an area or watershed.\n\nThe equation is:\nrainfall volume = hectares in watershed x mm of rain\nrainfall volume = acres in watershed x inches of rain
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contact the National Weather Service...\n\nwww.nws.noaa.gov
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Mawsynram\nMeghalaya State, India\n\n38.94 feet of rain annually
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here in north-east USA it's rain, wet, damp, thunder. a few days ago when it was sunny people were in flip-flops. the day after, rain, rain, and more rain!\n "if april showers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring?" MY BIRTHDAY! 6/5/06
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Brittany, the NCDC (National Climatic Data Center) indicates  8211 different storm events since January 1st of 1995.  If by "natural disasters" you are specifically referring to "weather" disasters, that's the place to go for further information.  You can visit them (and search for further information) at the link below.  Good luck!
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Looks Like Rain.  \n\nthe link in the source is to david dodd's online version of his book.
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Average annual rainfall is 41.18 inches.\n\nMonthly averages are:\nAvg. Precip.    \nJan  5.1 in \nFeb    4.0 in \nMar  3.6 in\nApr 1.6 in\nMay    0.3 in\nJun     0.1 in\nJul 0.1 in \nAug0.1 in  \nSep0.3 in \nOct  1.3 in\nNov 3.3 in\n Dec3.5 in
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hundred, WV\nhttp://www.weather.com/weather/local/USWV0357?from=search_city\n\nFifty Six, AR\nhttp://www.weather.com/weather/local/USAR0190?from=search_city
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65\n100% humidity\nsunny morning, moderate to heavy rainy afternoon, calm muggy evening.\n\nI'm taking a shower by just standing outside.\n\nsouthern NH