It appears, however, there is no consensus at least not among Brown's student body over how much of this fabled precipitation actually falls, according to a Herald email poll of 329 students.
Students are far from agreement when it comes to judging the weather.
Empirically, the ayes have it. In fairness, Providence is not the wettest city in the United States either. However, these cities are confined to the Southeast nowhere else in the United States do cities receive more rainfall on average than Providence, according to the NOAA data. In the Midwest, for example, Chicago receives a significantly smaller 35.82 inches per year, and in the Rocky Mountains, Denver receives only 15.40 inches. This distinguishes the East coast from the Midwest, Webb said, because in the Midwest the Gulf of Mexico is the only water source.