A true chill, or rigor, results from an increase in chemical activity within the body and usually ushers in a considerable rise in body temperature. The pallor and coldness of a chill, and the piloerection of the skin (goose flesh) that often accompanies it, are caused by constriction of the peripheral blood vessels.
The city averages only 1 day per year with rainfall above 1/2 inch in one day Nevada possesses 22 of the Top 25 driest years for any state.The record driest year was 1929, when the state averaged only 4.88 inches of rainfall. Nevada Tornado Average - 1.0 per year - 45th most in the U.S. 2  Largest reported Tornado in Nevada from 1950-2011, 5/13/1970 - 440 yards / .25 miles wide. 3  Date with highest number of reported Tornadoes in Nevada from 1950-2011, June 11th - 3 tornadoes.
Most Rainfall. The most rain in the United States and the world falls at Mt. Waialeale on Kauai in Hawaii. It rained an average of 460 inches (11,684 millimetres) a year from 1931 to 1960 on the tropical island mountain.That's over 38 feet (11 metres) of rain.verage precipitation at the inlet amounts to 237 inches a year (6,009 mm), which falls on 233 days annually. In the lower 48 states, western Washington and the north coast of Oregon are the wettest areas. That's the only area outside of Alaska and Hawaii where yearly precipitation totals over 100 inches (2,540 mm).