WMO Region III (South America): Lowest Average Annual Precipitation

Reference

Krause, P.F. and Flood, K.L., 1997: Weather and Climate Extremes, TEC-0099 (September, 1997), US Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandra VA 22315-3864, pp. 89, p. 42; Schmidli, 1983: Weather Extremes, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;

Discussion

While some sources list other sites in Chile for this extreme, the WMO recognizes only continuous measurements from official WMO stations.