Sentences with phrase «average precipitation since»

This is the first four - month period with a significant amount of above average precipitation since the beginning of 2016.

Hoerling: «We can also say with high confidence that no appreciable trend toward either wetter or drier conditions has been observed for statewide average precipitation since 1895» — «At present, the scientific evidence does not support an argument that the drought there is appreciably linked to human - induced climate change... In short, the drought gripping California has been observed before.

Not exact matches

Since it's in a polar desert where the average temperature is minus 3.46 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 19.7 degrees Celsius), precipitation can't explain the cascade, gushing through the Arctic permafrost at nearly 137 gallons per second.

In France, even with a drier than average June, total summer (June - August) precipitation was more than 140 percent of average, marking one of the 10 wettest summers since national records began in 1959.

The CONUS autumn precipitation total was 8.38 inches, 1.50 inches above average, ranking as the 15th wettest and wettest since 2009.

This is not reflected in the 30 year study since the 70's and 80's were a bit above average re: precipitation.

Averaged over the mid-latitude land areas of the Northern Hemisphere, precipitation has increased since 1901 (medium confidence before and high confidence after 1951).

Since 1896, winter (January - February) precipitation has risen more than 11 inches and the average temperature has increased 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly due to higher winter lows.

Since 1991, the amount of rain falling in very heavy precipitation events has been significantly above average.

Researchers found that around the 15,000 - foot - high Tibetan Plateau, average temperatures have soared by 0.4 degrees Celsius -LRB-.72 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade (twice the average of the warming globe), while precipitation has risen by 12 percent since 1960.

Since ENSO is a coupled ocean - atmosphere process, I have presented its impact on and the inter-relationships between numerous variables, including sea surface temperature, sea level, ocean currents, ocean heat content, depth - averaged temperature, warm water volume, sea level pressure, cloud amount, precipitation, the strength and direction of the trade winds, etc..

• «Average autumn precipitation has increased by 30 percent for the region since 1901; heavy downpours have increased in many parts of the region, and the percentage of the region experiencing moderate to severe drought has risen over the past three decades.»

Since 1895, precipitation across the CONUS has increased at an average rate of 0.16 inch per decade.

According to the National Climate Assessment, average rainfall during heavy precipitation events across the Northeast, Midwest and Great Plains has increased by 30 percent since 1991.