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.
Average yearly precipitation for Illinois varies from just over 48 inches (1,200 mm) at the southern tip to just under 32 inches (810 mm) in the northern portion of the state. May and June are the wettest months of the year. Flooding is the most damaging weather hazard within the state.