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Big, bigger, the biggest

In this article, we look at world records for temperature, rainfall and wind.

The wettest
On average, -Select- wettest place in the world is the village of Cherrapunji in India. It has -Select- average rainfall of 12,649 mm -Select- year. However, this rainfall is not the highest ever recorded. Mount Waialeale is in -Select- Hawaii in -Select- Pacific Ocean and -Select- region recorded 1,870 mm in -Select- 24-hour period from March -Select- 15th to 16th, 1952.

The driest
Some websites say that the Atacama Desert in -Select- South America is the driest place on -Select- Earth. On average, the region has 1 mm of -Select- rain per year. However, the driest place in the world is -Select- Antarctica. There has been no rain on this continent for at least -Select- two million years. Water in -Select- air freezes and becomes -Select- ice so it never rains.

The windiest
Some websites say that -Select- Mount Washington in the United States is the windiest place on Earth. The record wind speed is 370 kph. However, on -Select- average, the windiest place in -Select- world is Antarctica. The continent often has -Select- winds of 300 kph. These winds start on -Select- mountains of Antarctica. Cold air flows down these mountains and gets faster and faster.