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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by magduf on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:11AM (#22065849)
>To put some numbers on it for perspective: Seattle is infamous for rain, but only averages 38 inches of rain per year.

I wonder if it has to do with duration vs. intensity. Long periods of drizzle might not be nearly as much total rainfall as short periods of downpour. From what I've seen of the PNW on my few trips there, it seems to drizzle a lot.

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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by catalogia on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:40PM (#22070294)
Yes, that's precisely the case. Seattle is perceived as very rainy because it's very often rainy. But rarely does it rain hard. Usually it drizzles so light it won't even mess up your hair.
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