Notes

# This program calculates total precipitation, average precipitation, and which months have the highest and lowest precipitation



#Defining Functions
def totalRain():
n = sum(rainAmtList)
return n

def average():
findAvgRain = totalRain() / 12.0
return findAvgRain

def highest():
maxMonth = max(rainAmtList)
return maxMonth

def lowest():
minMonth = min(rainAmtList)
return minMonth

def findHighestMonth():
locationInRainAmtList = rainAmtList.index(highest())
locationInMonthList = monthList[locationInRainAmtList]
return locationInMonthList

def findLowestMonth():
locationInRainAmtList = rainAmtList.index(lowest())
locationInMonthList = monthList[locationInRainAmtList]
return locationInMonthList



#Making lists for rain amounts and months
rainAmtList = []
monthList = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"]



#Getting float inputs for the total precipitation for each month and appending the amounts to rainAmtList
january = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for January:n")))
february = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for February:n")))
march = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for March:n")))
april = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for April:n")))
may = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for May:n")))
june = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for June:n")))
july = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for July:n")))
august = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for August:n")))
september = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for September:n")))
october = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for October:n")))
november = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for November:n")))
december = rainAmtList.append(float(input("Enter total precipitation for December:n")))



#Printing out results by calling (and rounding if needed) the functions created earlier
print("Total precipitation: %.2f inches." %totalRain())
print("Average precipitation: %.2f inches." %average())
print(findHighestMonth(), "has the highest precipitation: %.2f inches." %highest())
print(findLowestMonth(), "has the lowest precipitation: %.2f inches." %lowest())