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Ukiah has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. Average rainfall for the area is 36.96 in (939 mm) per year. Measurable precipitation occurs on an average of 82.1 days per year. The greatest monthly precipitation was 24.76 in (628.9 mm) in January 1995 and the greatest 24-hour precipitation was 6.18 in (157.0 mm) on December 22, 1964. Light snowfall occurs about every other year.
Located in Hawaii on the island of Maui is the Puu Kukui rain gauge. The rain gauge is in the West Maui Mountains at an elevation of 5,771 feet. In March of 1942, Puu Kukui recorded nearly 9 feet (101 inches) of rainfall, which stands as the greatest precipitation total ever recorded in one month in the United States. Puu Kukui also holds the annual rainfall record for the United States with more than 58 feet (704.83 inches) of rain in 1982.