Rainfall Using the equation R = 3.121 + 2.399sin(0.524t + 1.

377), whereas R is
rain in inches, and t represents the month (ie. January = 1 December = 12), we
can calculate the monthly rainfall at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The monthly average
rainfall is as follows:
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Rainfall (in)
5.3904 in
4.6967 in
3.5802 in
2.3404 in
1.3101 in
0.7658 in
0.8535 in
1.5497 in
2.6675 in
3.9070 in
4.9356 in
5.4773 in

From this data it is clear that December, t = 12, is the month with the largest
amount of rainfall at 5.4773 inches. When we integrate the equation R = 3.121 +
2.399sin(0.524t + 1.377) from 1 to 12, which can be written as 112 (3.121 +
2.399sin(1.377 + 0.524t))dt, we get that be the average amount of rainfall per
year, which is 31.9865 inches, which is 2.6655 inches of rain a month on
average.