rainfall

Example Sentences

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Despite the lack of snow, California has ample water this year, with good rainfall and major reservoirs at 124% of their average levels after three years that brought average or above-average snow.

From Los Angeles Times

“What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sails at me?”

From Literature

The water-stressed nation has also been through severe droughts and periods of low rainfall with entire towns warned their taps could run dry.

From Barron's

More than 50mm of rain fell across both counties and the Isle of Wight on Tuesday, with some places in Dorset seeing three times their monthly average rainfall.

From BBC

Exceptionally wet weather, marked by a series of high-impact storms and persistent rainfall, has saturated the ground and triggered widespread flooding, external.

From BBC