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Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which announced in June that El Niño had arrived, predict this iteration will be “very strong,” bringing a greater promise of a wet winter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Note: If the ricotta seems especially wet, drain it in a fine-mesh sieve before whipping.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

In France the government has pestered the public to wet their skin, drink cold soup and block windows with cardboard to beat the heat—anything to avoid resorting to AC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

At the time, the region was likely covered by wet, dense rainforest and supported the ancestors of many animals still alive in Australia.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Not just because it’s dark and wet and full of spiders and who knows what else, and not just because it’s always scary weather that necessitates entering its depths.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Western Scotland will be wetter, with 10-20mm over high ground.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

While El Niño brings colder and wetter conditions to the Southern U.S., it typically generates drier and warmer weather up north.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

This period, known as the middle Holocene, came thousands of years after the last Ice Age and was generally wetter than today.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

El Ninos typically have knock-on effects globally, including drier conditions and drought in Australia, along with wetter winters in East Africa and the southern United States.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The lowlands are dry—almost a desert—but the hills are cooler and wetter, especially during the rainy season.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

In the Highlands and Western Isles, the wettest parts of Scotland, more than a month and a half's worth of rain has fallen.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

His www.weathertrends360.com External link forecasts show that “This year we have it even wetter, and by late Summer-Fall we have it the wettest for the U.S. in 8 years.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

In March, forecasters said parts of Cornwall and Devon had seen rainfall totals reach about 150% of the long-term average and, in February, the Met Office recorded Cornwall's wettest winter since records began.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Out of nearly 260 years of records, six out of the ten wettest winter half-years - the period from October to March - have been since the year 2000.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Ten years ago, during one of the wettest winters on record, a large portion of the canyon road was washed away by the flooding of the San Francisquito Creek.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

But the rain became harder and he had to come back in the following lap for wets, the chance to get Verstappen now lost.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

As light rain wets pavement across Western Washington Thursday, temperatures will moderate in the mid-40s.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

Doing so is critical, he said, in a time of climate change when “the hots are getting a lot hotter, dries are getting drier, and the wets are getting a lot wetter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

Hauser has found that people will give their lawns a quick watering in the morning and evening, but that can be a wasted effort that wets the soil’s surface and doesn’t get to the roots.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

"Turn left at the next chance," he said, "and follow your nose 'til you wets your toes."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

According to the City of Seattle, both unwanted fireplace ash and BBQ coals should be cooled, wetted, bagged and disposed of in the trash.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

Some leaned down, put their hands in the water and wetted their necks and hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Dr. Jay has studied the body’s responses to sitting near an electric fan, wearing wetted clothing and sponging down with water.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022

Yet, just as they would for a big game involving the Giants or Jets, the fans remained, their enthusiasm only whetted, not wetted down.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2018

While he piled the stuff on to the scale, Francie blinked, adjusting her eyes to the darkness and was aware of the mossy air and the odor of wetted rags.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

But at Dilley, she regressed behaviorally, wetting herself after years without accidents and begging to breastfeed again despite being 6 years old.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

You never want to be their target, but watching their vicious crowd work from a safe distance mainly places you in danger of wetting yourself with a spit-take.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

How old were you when you stopped wetting your bed?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

Firefighters continued suppression efforts during the day on Jan. 1, wetting down areas within the fire perimeter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

When Francie went home, Katie did a little routine scolding but Francie was armored against it in the light of what Sissy had told her about the cycle of wetting.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith