Precipitation Factoids

I just did some metric-standard conversions, and they revealed that Orange County, TX has more annual rainfall than Kigali, Rwanda. Here's the figures:

Orange County, Texas: 58.6 in (1488 mm)

Kigali, Rwanda: 40.5 in (1030 mm)

So there you have it. Southeast Texas has more annual precipitation than the capital of Rwanda. There are two parts of Rwanda that qualify as official rainforests (receiving over 80 inches a year with some consistency from month to month), and they are preserved as national parks.

Kigali does have much more distinct rainy and dry seasons, though, and we are just entering the heavy rainy season, which will last until the beginning of May. These next couple months are the real moneymakers here in Rwanda as the economy is driven by agriculture, which is driven by water, which is what rain is made of.