0.5” of rain is an event here. LA’s annual is about 15.8”
Other places I’ve lived:
Jamshedpur 32”
Mumbai is 84”
Ann Arbor 36”
Rochester 34”
DC 44”
Las Vegas 4”
Seattle 36”
Proper monsoons make a big difference. Jamshedpur is only 2x LA and less than most US places I’ve lived in, but felt like 10x because of heavy short daily downpours for 3 months and all water rather than snow. Though we sometimes had random hailstorms alongside cyclones in March.