2024 may have been the rainiest – as well as hottest – year on record

In 2024, Earth received about 2.9 millimeters of rain per day. That may not seem like much, but it could mean a new amount of precipitation for the planet.

Last year’s global average rainfall was about 3% higher than the average since records began in 1983, surpassing the previous record, set in 1998. A figure of 2.9 millimeters, based on preliminary results. the data Compiled by researchers at the Global Precipitation Climatology Project, the data can still vary slightly…