# Inches of rain?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inches-of-rain/3362
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 21, 1999, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inches-of-rain/3362 "1999-09-21T11:21:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)
#### Post date: [September 21, 1999, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inches-of-rain/3362/1 "1999-09-21T11:21:00Z")

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How is rainfall measured in inches?

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One beer is less than two beers.

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### Author: ![Bobinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@Bobinelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobinelli)
#### Post date: [September 21, 1999, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inches-of-rain/3362/2 "1999-09-21T12:19:00Z")

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Here you go Beeruser…  
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/notebook/rainfall.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/notebook/rainfall.shtml)

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### Author: ![Fichchef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fichchef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fichchef)
#### Post date: [September 21, 1999, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inches-of-rain/3362/3 "1999-09-21T18:03:00Z")

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Or you can go into Straight Dope #2, i believe, where the Illustrious Omnipotent Stomper himself gives the skinny.