chilling - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. cooling, temperature reduction. freeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid. heat dissipation - dissipation of heat.
Australia is also one of the driest continents on earth with an average annual rainfall of less than 600 millimetres. Like all countries in the southern hemisphere, Australia's seasons are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere.
It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in), but that claim is disputed by LlorÃ³, Colombia, which reported an average yearly rainfall of 12,717 millimetres (500.7 in) between 1952 and 1989 and LÃ³pez de Micay, also in Colombia, which reported 12,892 mm (507.6 in) per year between 1960 and 2012.