[permalink] [id link]
Rainfall is extremely erratic and in exceptional years like 1940-1941 and 1997-1998 over of rain has fallen in a year, but in dry seasons less than is not unheard of.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Rainfall and is
Rainfall is irregular, but usually dry during the north-east, and very wet during the south-west, monsoons.
Rainfall is negligible from May to September, but for the rest of the year it is adequate for rain-fed farming.
Rainfall intensity is the primary determinant of erosivity, with higher intensity rainfall generally resulting in more erosion.
Rainfall is generally plentiful, and Pohnpei reputedly is one of the wettest places on earth, with up to 330 inches ( 8. 4 m ) of rain per year.
Rainfall, at under 1000mm is lower than one might expect for somewhere often in the main path of Atlantic depressions.
Rainfall is less pronounced from December through May, when the equatorial low-pressure system moves south.
Rainfall in Indonesia is plentiful, particularly in west Sumatra, northwest Kalimantan, west Java, and western New Guinea.
Rainfall in the mountains is more abundant and may reach a year in some places, but the terrain precludes extensive cultivation.
Rainfall is higher in the winter months, and varies with elevation and exposure ; elevations above 500 meters experience almost daily rainfall, while the western, leeward side of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara are quite dry.
Rainfall is not always adequate for rice cultivation, however, and the relatively high average precipitation conceals years where rainfall may be only half or less of the norm, causing significant declines in rice yields.
Rainfall is generous but is concentrated during only a few days of the rainy season, falling in heavy cloudbursts.
Rainfall and extremely
Rainfall is extremely low ; the entire region receives fewer than of rainfall annually, and the western part receives as little as.
Rainfall and erratic
Rainfall occurs through the summer but tends to be more erratic and unreliable, often occurring in heavy downpours associated with thunderstorms.
Rainfall and years
Rainfall is seasonal and unreliable: in dry years, the upper parts of the river flow for 40 days or less.
Rainfall varies a great deal from year to year and follows cycles of wet and dry periods from 7 to 10 years long.
Rainfall is well-distributed throughout the years but is greatest in the latter half of summer, when hurricanes or their remnants can pass through.
Rainfall is uneven by year and season, with an average of 540 – 550 mm although rainfall can dramatically differ between the western and northern areas and the warmer, drier eastern and southeast where some years lows of around has been recorded.
Rainfall is sparse, averaging between 1938 and 1953, though later reports suggest a wetter climate in recent years.
Rainfall in Tabuk Area falls in the winter months from November to March and precipitation ranges between 50 – 150 mm with some not uncommon snow every 3-4 years.
Rainfall and snowfall increase on the mountains as these rise, perhaps at a rate of a few millimeters per year ( at a growth rate of 1 mm / year, a 5, 000 m tall mountain can form in 5 million years, a time period that is less than 10 % of the life of a typical collision zone ).
Rainfall and like
Other types of radars have been flown for earth observation missions: precipitation radars such as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or cloud radars like the one used on Cloudsat.
Rainfall and over
Rainfall during this season generally comes from low pressure over the Pacific and usually falls in heavy afternoon thunderstorms.
With the Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ ) swinging northward over West Africa from the Southern Hemisphere in April, heavy showers coming from pre-monsoonal convective clouds mainly in the form of squall lines also known as the north easterlies formed mainly as a result of the interactions of the two dominant airmasses in Nigeria known as the Maritime tropical ( south westerlies ) and the Continental tropical ( north easterlies ), begins in central Nigeria while the Monsoons from the south atlantic ocean arrives in central Nigeria in July bringing with it high humidity, heavy cloud cover and heavy rainfall which can be daily occurrence lasting till September when the monsoons gradually begin retreating southward to the southern part of Nigeria. Rainfall totals in central Nigeria varies from in the lowlands of the river Niger Benue trough to over along the south western escarpment of the Jos Plateau.
Rainfall varies from as little as less than 10 inches a year to over 150 inches a year, in various parts of the nation.
Rainfall ranges from over ( temperate rainforest ) conditions at the west end to as little as at the east end.
Rainfall is sparse, and most of Somalia has a semiarid-to-arid environment suitable only for the nomadic pastoralism practiced by well over half the population.
Rainfall from storm over the Mid-Atlantic region ranged from 2-3 inches in the extreme upper basins of the Potomac and North Branch Susquehanna Rivers to near Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in the Main Stem Susquehanna River basin.
Rainfall over the area varies between per year, which is quite light, and because the land is efficiently drained during the winter months, there are few reserves, making the area prone to drought in the summer months.
Rainfall average's 576. 9 mm a year, with daily totals of over 1 mm falling on 105. 1 days of the year.
Rainfall over the area varies between 200 and 750 mm ( 8 to 30 inches ) per year, tends to be concentrated on the highest and most southerly districts, and primarily occurs in winter.
Rainfall is concentrated from September to May, while the rest of the year the mass of dry air over the center of Brazil rainy inhibit the formations.
Rainfall directly along the coast amounted to over 5 inches ( 127 mm ), while Ocracoke experienced 7. 55 inches ( 192 mm ).
Rainfall in some areas was over 20 inches, with the highest rainfall reported as 26. 61 inches / 676 mm at Silvituc / Champoton.
Rainfall was moderate across Louisiana, including amounts of over 8 inches ( 200 mm ) in the southwestern portion of the state.
0.502 seconds.