How to convert inches of rain into mL?

Question

I'm finding it rather confusing. So if we had, say 6 inches of rain, what does it mean? Normally people convert to mm, but I want mL, so I can create a stimulation of an area (LA specifically) over here.
Thanks!

Answer 1

It is the depth of the rainfall that reaches the ground that is measured. Apart from one or two countries still living in the 20th century, rainfall is measured in millimetres (mm) all over the world. The millilitre (ml) is a unit of volume not of depth.



One inch = 25.4mm so if you had 6 inches of rain you would have had 152.4mm. If you want a volume of rain you have to multiply this depth by an area. Supposing you want to know how much rain fell on your roof and your roof is 20m by 10m. That is 200square metres of roof and 0.1524m of rain which gives you 30.48 cubic metres of water. I cubic metre is 1000 litres so there are 30480 litres of water or 30,480,000 millilitres.

Answer 2

mL is a volume

Inches and mm. are, (in this case), the depth of the fluid that falls on any given area.

Convert the depth of 'precip' over the area in question to a volume.

Answer 3

there are 25.4 mm in one inch. so if you have 6 inches multiply that by 25.4 that gives u the mls