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How could I find out what the chances are of raining in the next x-amount of days during the next 30 days?

If a weatherman, for instance, forecasted that there's 70% chance of rain tomorrow, how can I use that information to predict the chances of getting rain in the next, let's say, 15 days?

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The solution calculates the probability of it raining in the next x-amount of days during the next 30 day period.

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In this case you need to make some assumptions:

1) It is assumed that chances of rain are independent events (in a sense that whether or not it rains tomorrow is independent of whether or not it rained ...

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