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In the continental US the area with the highest average rainfall is the hoh rainforest on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state, with roughly 140 inches per year. However Mount Waialeale on Kauai, Hawaii receives nearly 460 inches per year. The word Waialeale actually means overflowing water in Hawaiian, credit to the namer!
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe wettest place in the United States of America is on the Island of Kuai, Hawaii. It averages somewhere around 450 inches of rain a year. The wettest area on the US mainland in Forks, Wa which averages around 150 inches of rain a year.
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