Using the words of a song in the film My Fair Lady , National Hurricane Center forecaster James Franklin in the Tropical Cyclone Report for Vince wrote , `` the rain in Spain was mainly less than 2 inches , although 3.30 inches ( 84 mm ) fell in the plain at Cordoba . '' Through a play on words of a song in the musical My Fair Lady , National Hurricane Center forecaster James Franklin in the Tropical Cyclone Report for Vince wrote , `` the rain in Spain was mainly less than 2 inches , although 3.30 inches ( 84 mm ) fell in the plain at Cordoba . ''