Chinese New Year is a public holiday in China, which lasts for a few days. It is also a public holiday in countries such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. It is not a public holiday in countries such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom or the United States.
Lafayette, Louisiana, gets 61 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 0 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 78. On average, there are 217 sunny days per year in Lafayette, Louisiana. The July high is around 91 degrees.
A measurement of 48 in (1,200 mm) of rain during Tropical Storm Amelia holds the record for the highest precipitation total observed with a tropical cyclone in the contiguous United States. Tropical Storm Claudette holds the national 24-hour rainfall record, with 42 in (1,100 mm) observed within such a timeframe. Taking place only one year apart, in 1978 and 1979, Amelia and Claudette are also the two wettest tropical cyclones on record to have occurred in Texas.