Is 15 to 25 inches of rain a lot?

yes its like 2 ft of water with goes to most peoples knees

For a year, that would be like nothing. You would be in a pretty bad drought. But in a day, that would be a flash flood or a plain flood. Enough to flood your basement pretty badly.

food and resources were plentiful.

women were encouraged to marry later in life so they could work in factories.