wettest
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The winter of 1982-83 was California’s wettest in 131 years of record-keeping, according to Alex Tardy, a former meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Aultbea in the Scottish Highlands has recorded 389.6mm of rain so far this summer - more than one and a half times the seasonal norm, and only 10.2mm short of its wettest summer on record.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Next week, the forecast looks more unsettled, with more of a chance of rain, though it is likely to be northwestern parts of the UK which are the wettest.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the Highlands and Western Isles, the wettest parts of Scotland, more than a month and a half's worth of rain has fallen.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
New Guinea is one of the wettest areas on Earth, Australia one of the driest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
