Re: Question about weather in different countries

In article <1125468513.583573.159770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
chaliban <chaliban@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>Is it possible to find out which country has lost the most days or the
>most time to rain? I have no idea how one would go about looking for
>such information. It would seem that England would lose more time than
>Australia or South Africa. Is that the case? How about countries in the
>sub-continent?
>
>I ask because the last few Ashes series in England there have been
>results in all but one match in the series which usually means less
>rain interruptions. The resulting thought is that England doesn't lose
>much time due to rain. I do realise that Australia won most of those
>matches in quick time.

My subjective impression is that far less time is lost to rain in
England than used to be the case 3 or 4 decades ago. I think our summers
have tended to improve, but the main factor is probably the improvement
in covering and drying technology.

I wouldn't be surprised if countries in the sub-continent came out quite
badly for time lost to rain, due to attempts to play matches at
unsuitable times of the year. West Indies might be quite high too, with
Guyana and Trinidad being especially vulnerable IIRC.
--
John Hall
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
sit next to me."
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
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