India receives 80% of its annual rainfall during the summer monsoon between June and September.

BBC: India monsoon rains shortfall 'not serious'

With an average annual rainfall of 22 feet, this is one of the wettest places on Earth.

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India receives about 70% of the annual rainfall during the four-month period.

WSJ: India Inflation Slows to Below 6%

Chile has a large variety of climates ranging from areas that get 0mm of annual rainfall to places that get more that 4, 500mm.

BBC: Reservoirs can make local flooding worse, says study

Dundee City has the lowest average annual rainfall (775 mm) while residents of Aberdeen City enjoy, on average, the most sunshine hours per week at 28.4 hours.

BBC: Shetland tops 'Bank of Scotland Quality of Life' list

The man who restored the ruined gardens of Moseley Old Hall in Staffordshire (soil neutral, altitude 250ft, annual rainfall 27in) to their original state in the 17th century, when Charles II knew the place, did not seem the sort of expert you would ask about growing potatoes.

ECONOMIST: Graham Stuart Thomas, gardener, died on April 17th, aged 94