> > I recently returned from Spain, where I viewed a > TV news program about > > flooding in part of that country. The reporter > stated that the rainfall > > had been in the amount of 8.-something liters per > square meter within a > > one hour period. > > > > Anyone have any idea why she made it so > complicated? Why not just say > > rainfall in the amount of 8.xx cm, period? Is > this a European thing? > > I have heard that this practice is common in Europe, > although in Ireland, > rainfall is quoted in mm
Canada also reports rainfall in millimetres. Snowfall is reported in centimetres (although there are some times when metres seem much more appropriate). Stephen Gallagher
