the average annual rainfall for Egypt is 51 inches per year.
Egypt receives an average annual rainfall of less than 3.15 inches. During summer, it almost never rains in the country.
Annual rainfall is the amount of rainfall per year
Annual rainfall is the amount of rainfall per year
Note: I copied this from the answer (also on WikiAnswers) to the question 'What is the average rainfall in ancient Egypt?' Probably similar to present day rainfall in Egypt. Egypt does not have much rainfall except in the winter months. South of Cairo, it averages only around 2 to 5mm a year at intervals of many years. A very narrow strip of the north coast rainfall can be as much as 410mm, Egypt draws most of its water from the River Nile, which floods at a certain times of the year due to the spring thaw of the snow that falls on Sinai's mountains.
Honshu's annual rainfall is about 63.1 inches a year.
The average annual rainfall is 8.3 inches.
Durban has an average annual rainfall of 1009 mm (39.7 in.)
....because their annual rainfall is extremely little. Hardly rains there at all.
Egypt
When the Nile flooded in ancient Egypt, it provided their farmland with water and nutrients. The ancient Egyptians considered the annual flood to be a good thing because it supported life.
The Annual Average of Rainfall in Somalia each year is 11 inches