Rain, rain, rain,
Apr 1st 2009 | 1:33 pm
#31
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,433
Re: Rain, rain, rain,
The rain in Spain falls everywhere and sometimes just as heavy as your tropical stuff. lol
"Average yearly rainfall varies hugely. Two extremes: 1,955.2mm in 1855, and just 355.8mm in 1981, with an average variation of 20% from one year to the next, excepting the wet Cantabrian Strip. This rises to as much as 40% in places like the Mar Menor in Murcia. Consequently, longer periods are required to come up with a reliable area average (typically 40 rather than 30 years). Average rainfall in Spain as a whole is around 650mm with the 'wet' part of Spain rising to around 1,000 mm. Semi-arid 300 mm. In Mediterranean Spain, rainfall tends to be concentrated in just a few days, and within this sometimes within a few hours. Figures of 100mm are common, and figures of 250 not exceptional. The record is a remarkable 878mm in Xà via in 1957, followed 30 years later by 817mm in Oliva (Valencia) on 3 November 1987, followed by 600mm in Albuñol (Granada) on 19 October 1973 and 426mm in Cofrentes (also Valencia) on 20 October 1987. Another example: 119mm fell in one hour on 1 July 2003 in the village of Manuel in Valencia." More HERE
"Average yearly rainfall varies hugely. Two extremes: 1,955.2mm in 1855, and just 355.8mm in 1981, with an average variation of 20% from one year to the next, excepting the wet Cantabrian Strip. This rises to as much as 40% in places like the Mar Menor in Murcia. Consequently, longer periods are required to come up with a reliable area average (typically 40 rather than 30 years). Average rainfall in Spain as a whole is around 650mm with the 'wet' part of Spain rising to around 1,000 mm. Semi-arid 300 mm. In Mediterranean Spain, rainfall tends to be concentrated in just a few days, and within this sometimes within a few hours. Figures of 100mm are common, and figures of 250 not exceptional. The record is a remarkable 878mm in Xà via in 1957, followed 30 years later by 817mm in Oliva (Valencia) on 3 November 1987, followed by 600mm in Albuñol (Granada) on 19 October 1973 and 426mm in Cofrentes (also Valencia) on 20 October 1987. Another example: 119mm fell in one hour on 1 July 2003 in the village of Manuel in Valencia." More HERE
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Apr 1st 2009 | 6:23 pm
#32
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