Two Year’s Worth of Rain in One Week

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Two Year’s Worth of Rain in One Week - 28 Jun 07 - The deserts of Baluchistan (between
Pakistan and Iran) include some of the driest in Asia. Yet this week, Baluchistan was visited
by a rare tropical storm, or cyclone, which rolled inland from the Makran Coast to the Makran
Ranges of southwestern Pakistan. The rains even penetrated inland desert basins that rarely
see any rain.
At Nok Kundi, rainfall was about 3 inches, nearly twice what normally falls in a whole year.
And at Dalbandin, rainfall was about 3.6 inches, or comparable to the whole year`s rainfall.
Sibi, of easternmost Baluchistan and site of 125-degree heat this spring, collected more than
5 inches of rain this week. Thus, rainfall at Sibi was, within a few days, nearly equal to that
of a whole year.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Forecaster Jim Andrews
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[Aslkahuna]

That's the way of it in the desert. You can go for years with practically no rain and suddenly pick up two or three years worth in on day and that's how the average rainfall gets worked out. Happens on occasion in the Mojave.

Steve.

[Category 5]

Some places can go 10-20 years without rain, and have temperatures reach 130 degrees. It's brutal.