Explore: precipitation

Explore: precipitation

Explore: precipitation Precipitation is the amount of water coming from the atmosphere, for example rain, snow, and hail. Different places on Earth receive different amounts of precipitation. This is often related to how close we are to warm parts of the oceans, where clouds are formed. How much rain do you get where you live? Which other places in the world get a similar amount of rain? Projected relative change in average annual precipitation. Some areas will see drought due to higher temperatures even if the precipitation remains the same. High percentage increase in dry regions can correspond to small absolute changes (two times a small amount is still a small amount). Graphic adapted from IPCC AR6 SPM.5. by Efrazil | CC BY-SA Int 4.0