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[โ€“] charles@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does vary from place to place but in North America at least, most often it's that it will rain in __% of the land area.

Additionally, I would add that knowing about statistics at least allows you to understand that without that additional info, any stat is essentially meaningless, or at least easily misleading.

[โ€“] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

That is true, I just think it might be hard for many people to understand.