What is the greatest average rainfall in Antarctica?

Answer 1

Because Antarctica is a polar region -- a polar desert, in fact -- there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent.

Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months.

The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer.

The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air.

Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain.

There is some snow on the Antarctic Peninsula, which can receive the equivalent in snow of around 8" of water a year, while the interior receives around 2".

Answer 2

20.5 meter deep and u know it is one of the driest place on earth~!

Answer 3

Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, and far less inland and along other coasts.

Answer 4

Rain in Antarctica is rare, both because it's the driest continent on earth, and also the coldest, with temperatures usually below freezing.