Re: Pavis climate

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_...>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:28:55 +0000


On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:45:15 -0000, Jane wrote:

>
>> >Is this a mistake? If this is true, then Pavis County is quite
>> >different then what I had envisioned. 44" of rain is by no
>> >definition of the word, an arid climate.
>
>> One key reason I don't believe it, which I've not yet need
>> mentioned, is the architecture. We know what Pavis looks,
>> like, flat roofs with ridges around them, very much what
>> you'd get in a middle eastern setting. Probably people
>> sleeping on the roof during Sun season and so on.
>
>Since these numbers didn't mean a lot to me, I went and did some
>Googling.
>
>Places I know of that "look" like Pavis and have rainfall stats on-line
>include Tunis (16") and Athens (14"). Places that don't look like Pavis
>include London (23"), Frankfurt (26") and Aberystwyth (41") - one of the
>wetter bits of Wales.

So taking the 298 day year into account Pavis is wetter than Aberystwyth?

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