Precipitation Changeability

How often does precipitation change from one day to the next?

Your location, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, ranks #1283 out of 1722 locations for precipitation changeability.

Most Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the most from one day to the next over the last 12 months. Change % is how often the weather switched between a precipitation day and a dry day. Precip→Dry is how often a precipitation day was followed by a dry day, and Dry→Precip is the reverse.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1	Troy, New York, USA	46.8%	53.4%	39.6%
2	Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	46.5%	45.5%	47.6%
3	Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA	46.2%	57.8%	38.8%
4	Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil	45.3%	42.9%	48.8%
5	Cadillac, Michigan, USA	44.8%	57.0%	36.6%
6	Cambridge, England, United Kingdom	44.1%	36.3%	57.4%
7	Saint John's, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda	44.0%	40.8%	48.1%
8	Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk, Russia	43.8%	42.9%	44.8%
9	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	43.8%	46.7%	41.3%
10	Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon	43.4%	48.0%	38.1%
11	Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina	43.2%	48.9%	38.7%
12	Berlin, New Hampshire, USA	42.8%	53.1%	35.5%
13	Youngstown, Ohio, USA	42.8%	47.8%	39.0%
14	Keene, New Hampshire, USA	42.8%	61.8%	32.0%
15	Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada	42.7%	60.0%	32.5%
16	Hartford, Connecticut, USA	42.6%	60.0%	32.2%
17	Alpena, Michigan, USA	42.4%	50.0%	37.2%
18	Waterbury, Connecticut, USA	42.4%	57.1%	33.7%
19	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	42.3%	62.6%	31.7%
20	Buffalo, New York, USA	42.3%	48.5%	37.5%
21	Beckley, West Virginia, USA	42.3%	46.9%	38.0%
22	Quincy, Massachusetts, USA	42.2%	61.3%	32.0%
23	Bay Harbor, Michigan, USA	42.1%	48.4%	37.6%
24	Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia	42.1%	47.0%	36.4%
25	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	42.1%	51.6%	35.7%

Least Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the least from one day to the next over the last 12 months. These are places where the weather tends to stay the same — dry days stay dry and rainy days stay rainy.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1698	Oxnard, California, USA	8.4%	43.3%	4.7%
1699	Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran	8.4%	75.0%	4.4%
1700	Tulare, California, USA	8.4%	42.9%	4.6%
1701	Santa Ana, California, USA	8.3%	60.0%	3.8%
1702	Ventura, California, USA	8.1%	41.9%	4.5%
1703	Long Beach, California, USA	7.8%	42.3%	4.6%
1704	Los Angeles, California, USA	7.6%	37.5%	4.2%
1705	Glendale, California, USA	7.5%	41.9%	3.8%
1706	San Luis Obispo, California, USA	7.5%	41.4%	3.9%
1707	Lompoc, California, USA	7.4%	46.2%	3.9%
1708	Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA	7.3%	62.5%	3.9%
1709	Irvine, California, USA	7.1%	41.7%	4.2%
1710	Lancaster, California, USA	7.0%	50.0%	3.1%
1711	Garden Grove, California, USA	7.0%	35.5%	3.9%
1712	Al Bahah, Al Bahah Region, Saudi Arabia	6.9%	88.2%	2.1%
1713	Santa Clarita, California, USA	6.2%	35.7%	3.4%
1714	Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran	6.2%	69.2%	3.2%
1715	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran	6.0%	62.5%	2.6%
1716	Blythe, California, USA	5.6%	69.2%	2.6%
1717	Najran, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia	5.6%	66.7%	2.4%
1718	Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5.1%	57.1%	2.3%
1719	Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	5.0%	88.9%	2.2%
1720	Kerman, Kerman, Iran	4.3%	46.2%	2.3%
1721	Torrance, California, USA	4.3%	77.8%	1.9%
1722	Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran	4.0%	54.5%	2.1%