Aerial term Rainfall amounts in mm...what does it mean?

Arabia Weather - Weather conditions that affect us, such as depressions, weather instability, hurricanes, etc., bring with them different forms of precipitation, including rain, hail, and snow. We often hear before the conditions about the expected amounts of rain, or during the conditions, or even after they end. .

What do we mean by the term rainfall amounts?

Rainfall amounts: We mean the amounts of water in liters that fell on an area of one square meter. For example, when we say that the amounts of rain falling in a place are 50 mm, this means that the amount of water falling on each square meter is 50 litres.

An image representing a measure of the amount of rain falling in an area

If the precipitation is snow, the snow height in cm is converted to rain amounts in mm

Every 1 cm of snow equals 1 mm of rain