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Randy D

There are many places in the world where it never snows. Are there any places where rain never falls? ~

Posted - February 26, 2017
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  • The place that comes closest to your description is the Atacama Desert in Chile. I did some checking on this, this region averages 1-3 mm of rain annually. There are weather stations out there that have never gotten rain. It has been compared to the surface of Mars. 
      February 26, 2017 7:40 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Is this the same place?... One of the driest spots on Earth is Iquique, Chile, where no rain fell for 14 years....

    (In my answer below.)
      February 26, 2017 5:50 PM MST
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  • A check of Google Earth shows Iquique to be a town to the north of the Atacama proper. Can't imagine too wild a weather difference between them. At least life seems to be present there. 
      February 26, 2017 8:29 PM MST
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  • 7280
    Thanks
      February 27, 2017 10:30 AM MST
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  • 6124
    Dry Valleys, Antartica

    https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1536.html
      February 26, 2017 7:48 AM MST
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  • 22891
    probably, just not sure where
      February 26, 2017 4:51 PM MST
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  • 7280
    One of the driest spots on Earth is Iquique, Chile, where no rain fell for 14 years.

    https://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrain.html
      February 26, 2017 5:49 PM MST
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