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by thanatropism 3644 days ago
This is typical of what passes for 'exploratory data analysis' these days:

> You can also see that UK’s rainfall is significantly less than Japan’s, and people say UK rains a lot!

Well duh, Japan is about 50% larger than the UK.

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The rainfall is given in 'mm', right - this means area has been controlled for?

I.e. its the amount of rain, in milimeters, that would fall in a given area. This is how rainfall is normally measured.

Unless you are trying to say something more subtle, or making a joke?

Yeah it's 1.5 times larger. It was a joke though because Japanese people always say it never stops raining in the UK, it's like the first thing they always say.
That's what everyone seems to say about the UK.
That's true haha. It rains a fair amount but it's definitely over exaggerated.