I try to use technically accurate terms that are known and used in common parlance in law. MARTIN: Ruben, near the end of your piece, you write that for me the preferred term is illegal immigrant, but you said-frankly, I think the whole debate amounts to a silly waste of time and energy.
CLIMATE OVERVIEW. Decatur, Alabama, gets 51 inches of rain per year. The US average is 37. Snowfall is 4 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 108.
Generally, Alabama has very hot summers and mild winters with copious precipitation throughout the year. Alabama receives an average of 56 inches (1,400 mm) of rainfall annually and enjoys a lengthy growing season of up to 300 days in the southern part of the state.