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KMA: This Year Saw 3rd-Most Rain for Monsoon Season since 1973

Written: 2023-07-25 14:57:38Updated: 2023-08-02 16:07:55

KMA: This Year Saw 3rd-Most Rain for Monsoon Season since 1973

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New data finds that the amount of rain that fell this monsoon season was the third-largest to be posted in some 50 years.

According to the data released by the Korea Meteorological Administration on Tuesday, the nation saw a total of 641-point-four millimeters of rainfall from the beginning of the season on June 25 to Monday, the third-most to be logged since related statistics began to be compiled in 1973.

The year 2006 saw the largest amount of rainfall during monsoon season with a total of 704 millimeters, while 2020 witnessed the second-largest amount with a little over 701 millimeters.

The nation has seen cumulative amounts of monsoon rains top 600 millimeters only four times including this year, which saw an average of 20-point-five days of rain, the 15th highest since 1973.

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