You see that rain outside your window? We’re afraid you’d better get used to it, as the plum rain season – or meiyu – is upon us.
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Expect rain, rain and more rain over the next few weeks; The Weather Channel is forecasting thunderstorms on 10 of the following 14 days alone.
Image via The Weather Channel
The plum rain season officially started yesterday – Sunday, June 12 – two days later than last year, but roughly a week earlier than usual.
It lasts 23 days on average, while last year's went on for a month.
It got all Biblical in 2020, however, with the deluge lasting 40 days and 40 nights.
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And let's all get on our hands and knees and pray for no repeat of 1954, the longest plum rain season in history at a soaked-to-the-bone 58 days.
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