Precipitation is generally plentiful, with heavy year-round rainfall. Pohnpei reputedly is one of the wettest places on earth, with up to 330 inches (8.4 m) of rain per year. Nevertheless, drought conditions do occur periodically throughout FSM, especially when the El Niño condition moves into the Western Pacific, when groundwater supplies can dwindle to emergency proportions.
Precipitation is generally plent:iful, with heavy year-round rainfall. Pohnpei reputedly is: one of the wettest places on earth, with up to 330 inches (8.4 m) of rain per year Nevertheless, drought conditions do ?occur periodically throughout F?SM, especially whe!n the El Niño condition moves into the Western Pacific, when groundwater supplies can dwindle to emergency proportions.