Big Bog vs. Mount Waialeale
editIn 2018, I found several sources that suggested that a high-altitude wetland (hereafter 'bog') on the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA, received exceptional precipitation. Some of these sources listed average annual precipitation as being higher than Mount Waialeale, Kauai, USA. At this time, Mount Waialeale was regarded as the 'wettest' place in Hawaii, and in Oceania. I created the page for the so-called 'Big Bog' and went about changing other articles to reference its provenance as the wettest location.
I was younger at the time and saw no problem with claiming ownership of this 'discovery' and pasting references to my article wherever I saw fit, calling it my "campaign of truth". In retrospect I understand that this was against the spirit of Wikipedia. Thankfully, time has shown that I was most likely correct [1]. I still edit Wikipedia, but not as much as I used to. My interests have changed.
To cite the 404 inches at the Bog
| last = Longman | first = R.J. | last2 = Giambelluca | first2 = T.W. | title = Climatology of Haleakala | journal = Climatology of Haleakalā Technical Report No. 193. | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 105–106 | date = 2015
To cite Wai'ale'ale's 373 inches
| url = https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?hi6565 | title = MT WAIALEALE 1047, HAWAII (516565) | date = 1 August 2008 | website = WRCC | publisher = NOAA | access-date = 30 August 2018
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edit| Climate data for Strahan Aerodrome | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
38.6 (101.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84.5 (3.33) |
63.7 (2.51) |
105.0 (4.13) |
114.7 (4.52) |
152.6 (6.01) |
155.9 (6.14) |
173.3 (6.82) |
178.2 (7.02) |
150.7 (5.93) |
121.0 (4.76) |
94.9 (3.74) |
95.1 (3.74) |
1,521.3 (59.89) |
| Average precipitation days | 15.9 | 12.9 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 21.7 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 21.9 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 241.4 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology[2] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Puerto Aisén (1970–2000, extremes 1955–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.9 (94.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.1 (44.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
4.7 (40.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 159.1 (6.26) |
124.6 (4.91) |
149.2 (5.87) |
200.2 (7.88) |
258.5 (10.18) |
240.4 (9.46) |
237.7 (9.36) |
213.4 (8.40) |
181.3 (7.14) |
149.1 (5.87) |
146.3 (5.76) |
178.7 (7.04) |
2,238.5 (88.13) |
| Average precipitation days | 18 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 223 |
| Source: Dirección Meteorológica de Chile[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Hokitika Airport (1936−2015, Humidity 1961−2015, Sunshine 1964−2015) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
2.9 (37.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−4 (25) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−4 (25) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 242.3 (9.54) |
178.9 (7.04) |
215.0 (8.46) |
235.8 (9.28) |
242.1 (9.53) |
249.3 (9.81) |
219.3 (8.63) |
231.9 (9.13) |
256.5 (10.10) |
276.3 (10.88) |
239.6 (9.43) |
268.5 (10.57) |
2,849.7 (112.19) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.4 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 170.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 209.5 | 186.8 | 171.9 | 139.9 | 119.2 | 104.0 | 124.3 | 138.9 | 142.8 | 164.1 | 181.1 | 194.6 | 1,877 |
| Source: CliFlo[5] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Tofino Airport, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1896–present[a] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.9 (35.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 477.4 (18.80) |
327.3 (12.89) |
325.7 (12.82) |
269.2 (10.60) |
153.0 (6.02) |
129.7 (5.11) |
71.0 (2.80) |
88.1 (3.47) |
132.8 (5.23) |
341.8 (13.46) |
489.4 (19.27) |
432.0 (17.01) |
3,237.2 (127.45) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 9.2 (3.6) |
8.7 (3.4) |
4.0 (1.6) |
0.7 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.0) |
2.8 (1.1) |
7.9 (3.1) |
33.3 (13.1) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 22.1 | 18.4 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 19.4 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 205.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.6 | 81.6 | 126.3 | 170.3 | 203.1 | 190.9 | 226.7 | 199.6 | 175.8 | 116.1 | 62.5 | 56.5 | 1,668.1 |
| Source: Environment Canada[6][7] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Denmark, Western Australia | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.9 (111.0) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.3 (104.5) |
37.2 (99.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
43.9 (111.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
1.5 (34.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 22.3 (0.88) |
27.3 (1.07) |
38.1 (1.50) |
81.9 (3.22) |
124.7 (4.91) |
143.0 (5.63) |
158.9 (6.26) |
127.8 (5.03) |
99.1 (3.90) |
92.1 (3.63) |
53.0 (2.09) |
32.0 (1.26) |
995.9 (39.21) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.3 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 15.0 | 19.4 | 21.6 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 17.1 | 13.1 | 9.7 | 186.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 257.3 | 198.8 | 192.2 | 144.0 | 139.5 | 126.0 | 137.8 | 155.0 | 159.0 | 198.4 | 195.0 | 251.1 | 2,154.1 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology[8] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Juneau, Alaska (Downtown, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1890–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 60 (16) |
57 (14) |
61 (16) |
72 (22) |
80 (27) |
87 (31) |
89 (32) |
87 (31) |
85 (29) |
68 (20) |
64 (18) |
59 (15) |
89 (32) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.6 (1.4) |
36.7 (2.6) |
40.8 (4.9) |
49.1 (9.5) |
56.9 (13.8) |
62.4 (16.9) |
63.4 (17.4) |
62.6 (17.0) |
56.6 (13.7) |
48.4 (9.1) |
39.8 (4.3) |
36.7 (2.6) |
49.0 (9.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 30.4 (−0.9) |
32.1 (0.1) |
35.5 (1.9) |
42.2 (5.7) |
49.6 (9.8) |
55.4 (13.0) |
57.4 (14.1) |
56.4 (13.6) |
51.2 (10.7) |
43.7 (6.5) |
35.6 (2.0) |
32.3 (0.2) |
43.5 (6.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 26.2 (−3.2) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
30.1 (−1.1) |
35.3 (1.8) |
42.3 (5.7) |
48.4 (9.1) |
51.4 (10.8) |
50.2 (10.1) |
45.8 (7.7) |
39.0 (3.9) |
31.4 (−0.3) |
27.8 (−2.3) |
38.0 (3.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −20 (−29) |
−15 (−26) |
−5 (−21) |
12 (−11) |
26 (−3) |
32 (0) |
39 (4) |
32 (0) |
28 (−2) |
13 (−11) |
−7 (−22) |
−10 (−23) |
−20 (−29) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 7.98 (203) |
6.71 (170) |
6.29 (160) |
4.64 (118) |
4.96 (126) |
4.42 (112) |
5.44 (138) |
8.16 (207) |
12.72 (323) |
13.23 (336) |
8.44 (214) |
9.23 (234) |
92.22 (2,341) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 24.2 (61) |
15.9 (40) |
5.4 (14) |
0.9 (2.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
9.2 (23) |
13.6 (35) |
69.8 (177) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 20.8 | 17.3 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 21.0 | 22.3 | 24.5 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 239.2 |
| Source: NOAA[9][10] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Port Ross (1941−1945) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
14.4 (58.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.8 (46.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.9 (49.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.1 (53.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.2 (52.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.8 (49.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.1 (42.9) |
5.8 (42.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.8 (46.1) |
8.4 (47.2) |
9.8 (49.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.1 (39.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
3.8 (38.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 110 (4.2) |
120 (4.8) |
140 (5.5) |
180 (7.0) |
150 (5.9) |
150 (5.8) |
84 (3.3) |
110 (4.3) |
120 (4.9) |
100 (4.1) |
110 (4.4) |
120 (4.9) |
1,494 (59.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 22 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 311 |
| Source: https://newzealandecology.org/system/files/articles/ProNZES12_37.pdf | |||||||||||||
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