Extremely Rare Big Snowfall on 2nd Driest Place on Earth | BBC Report on Atacama Desert, Chile Chile’s Atacama desert is considered the 2nd driest place on Earth after Antarctica. It’s been written that in some locales in the Atacama, it’s never rained nor snowed. This past weekend, the Atacama got snow and quite a bit of snow considering this region averages less than one inch of precipitation per year. Some places got over 80cms (31 inches) […] Weather SnowBrains | August 28, 2013 1 Comment