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April 20, 2001

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES AND RICH SONES, PH.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. In modern times, is there any place on Earth where it has literally rained 40 days and 40 nights?

    A. Yes, in a few very different parts of the world, says University of Nebraska-Lincoln climatologist Kenneth F. Dewey: First, in the Tropical monsoon regions (during summer) of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, such as the 1041 inches (86 feet) of rain that fell in Cherrapunji, India from August 1860 to July 1861.


     
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