rainfall

Example Sentences

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"At this stage in February we would usually have some early potatoes planted but this year that has been impossible because of the excessive rainfall," he said.

From BBC

Limited resources and extreme weather hampered police efforts, with searchers hindered by heavy rainfall, freezing conditions and snow.

From BBC

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that is not the case, with rainfall so far this season, for the UK as a whole, just 9% above average overall - wet, but far from the wettest.

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For example, ten minutes from now, or twenty or ninety, a rainfall may begin.

From Literature

Local officials say this has been the rainiest February in the history of Juiz de Fora, with the current rainfall in the region already more than double the amount expected for the month.

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