1.48 Wettest Cities Are some cities wetter than others? Does Vancouver deserve to be nicknamed "The Wettest City"? These data are the average rainfall in millimetres (mm) for 100 selected cities in the Canada:13

a. Construct a relative frequency histogram for the data. (HINT: Choose the class boundaries without including the value x=2468.53 in the range of values.)

b. The value x=2468.53 was recorded at Prince Rupert, BC. Does the geography of that city explain the observation?

c. The average rain fall in Vancouver is recorded as 1154.66 mm. Do you consider this unusually rainy?

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Annual Annual City Rank Rainfall (mm) City Rank Rainfall (mm) Prince Rupert 1 2468.53 Bathurst 51 744.38 Port Alberni 2 1797.94 Belleville 52 735.92 Chilliwack 3 1679.98 Sarnia 53 732.62 Abbotsford 4 1507.46 Ottawa- 54 731.96 Campbell River 5. 1344.07 Gatineau Halifax 6 1254.33 Campbellton 55 708.21 Sydney 7 1212.86 Barrie 56 696.79 St. John's B 1190.96 Rivire-du-Loup 57 685.50 Vancouver 9 1154.66 Toronto 58 684.62 Saint John 10 1147.94 Baie-Comeau 59 Courtenay 11 1100.26 Peterborough Nanaimo 12 1077.93 Chicoutimi- 238 684.09 60 682.03 61 661.38 Duncan 13 993.08 Jonquire Truro 14 991.38 Sudbury Kentville 15 948.01 Rimouski 63 Qubec 16 923.80 Val-d'Or 23 62 656.46 642.00 64 635.15 Saint-Jean-sur- 17 892.37 Sault Ste. 65 634.28 Richelieu Marie Fredericton 18 885.51 Pembroke 66 615.92 Charlottetown 19 880.38 Alma 67 591.20 Drummondville 20 875.71 Rouyn-Noranda 68 574.92 Sherbrooke 21 873.93 Thunder Bay 69 559.02 Moncton 22 865.38 Timmins 70 Trois-Rivires 23 858.54 Kenora 71 Saint-Hyacinthe 24 855.97 Prince George Comer Brook 25 848.90 Winnipeg Victoria 26 841.36 Portage la 74 RFERE 558.09 514.36 72 418.89 73 415.59 397.41 Woodstock 27 836.58 Prairie Edmundston 28 834.31 Red Deer 75 381.37 Stratford 29 820.29 Brandon 76 373.13 Shawinigan 30 819.43 Edmonton 77 365.65 London 31 817.87 Vernon 78 356.49 Summerside 32 805.99 Thompson 79 348.17 Windsor 33 805.19 Yorkton 80 346.41 Cornwall 34 794.79 Fort McMurray 81 342.18 Kingston 35 794.60 Estevan 82 333.06 Brockville 36 784.51 Prince Albert 83 323.67 Joliette 37 782.25 Cold Lake 84 322.43