Sentences with phrase «average rainfall duirng»

Maldon in Essex enjoys the lowest average rainfall, while the sun shines on the Isle of Wight more than any other rural area of Great Britain.
The average rainfall is approximately 47.2 inches per year, with 0.4 inches of snow per year.
The previous record of 14.99 inches of average rainfall was set in 1917.
The period from October 2010 through September 2011 was the driest period ever, when average rainfall was only 11.18 inches, according to a report by the state climatologist.
As the Environmental Agency's head of water resources, Trevor Bishop, pointed out, it will take more than a week or two of rain to undo the effects of nearly two years of below - average rainfall.
... they have had absolutely average rainfall over the last five years and Northa America has been downright soggy:
While most of those regions returned to near - or above - average rainfall during the course of the year, the effects of drought lingered in some cases.
It will take years of above - average rainfall to recover, and dramatic restrictions on water usage to maintain California's economy.
For each area, city, country that you choose to show is suffering from below average rainfall I'm sure we could fine one that is enjoying / suffering from above average rainfall.
Internationally, La Niña impacts during the Northern Hemisphere winter typically include enhanced rainfall across Indonesia and northern Australia, as well as in the Amazon Basin and in southeastern Africa and below - average rainfall across the eastern half of the equatorial Pacific and eastern equatorial Africa.
Much of eastern Australia has seen below - average rainfall since the last La Niña concluded in autumn 2012.
People might be interested in seeing the UK Annual Average rainfall from 1910 to 2013.
Now we are at the point where the estimates are that even if there is above average rainfall in the coming year, catchment runoff will not increase because soils are so parched and aquifers so low.
First point, a long known fact is that the upper midwest (meaning, the northern tier, west of the 25 inch annual average rainfall line) has a Summer precipitation maximum, so dry winters can indeed be expected.
Australia experienced much above average rainfall in association with strong, extended La Niña conditions during 2010 — 2012.
Area - average rainfall anomalies for model simulations with natural forcings only were compared to simulations with both anthropogenic and natural forcings using 16 models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5.
This tendency can apply even when average rainfall is simulated to decrease, but not necessarily when this decrease is marked (see Timbal, 2004).
Climographs are a combination of a line graph, measuring average temperature, and a bar graph, measuring average rainfall, for each month.
The month brought an entirely average amount of sunshine, and less than average rainfall for the South (78 %), and slightly above average (110 %) for the UK.
So low temperatures might play a direct role in increasing flooding, even if they also decreased yearly average rainfall.
Crop production of all sorts are up and so is average rainfall.
25 Climographs Climographs are a combination of a line graph, measuring average temperature, and a bar graph, measuring average rainfall, for each month.
One of these is a decadal pattern where the average rainfall in dry periods is a quarter of the average during wet periods.
It says that there is now less confidence that global average rainfall has increased in the past, but there is greater confidence that it will rise in the future, according to the CSE.
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.
2011 was a hot year mostly because of a very hot 2010/11 summer, particularly February, and the onset of above average rainfall after May creating nighttime cloud cover that traps heat and increases the overnight minima.
He says average rainfall for Australia will decrease, but the extreme weather events will be on the rise, so while you might get less rain over the year it will come in the form of damaging storms and stronger winds which feel like so - called freak events.
Those dryer summers — particularly at a time of overall warming — could be a major concern, because below - average rainfall naturally increases the probability and duration of forest fires.
With regard to precipitation anomalies in summer, ERA - Interim shows above average rainfall for Greece and the west of Turkey, whereas E-OBS indicates that these areas are below average.
Relative humidity was also low over much of the Middle East, although the south of Saudi Arabia had above - average rainfall and correspondingly above - average relative humidity over the past twelve months.
To do this we will compare the actual amount of rainfall in October 2000 with the average rainfall between 1961 and 1990.
Lowland forests in the Amazon have annual average rainfall of 2,400 mm (94 inches), it said.
Both Melbourne and Sydney are in a prolonged period of below average rainfall.
This map shows the average rainfall in October over 30 years (1981 - 2010).
The MDB average rainfall during the last three decades has been recording a 10 % loss per decade, I believe this is primarily due to declining solar radiation levels, moving from the highest for 8000 years to presently the lowest for 100 years, this solar decline is expected to continue for at least another 3 decades, maybe 6 decades like it did in the 16th century, brining on the last little ice age.
Average rainfall in Northern England and South Scotland, at 255 mm / month was also anomalously high.
Relative humidity was also low over much of the Middle East, although parts of the south of Saudi Arabia had above - average rainfall and correspondingly above - average relative humidity over the past twelve months.
In particular southern Europe experienced unusually large amounts of rainfall, with Portugal recording the second wettest March since 1931, and much above average rainfall in large parts of Spain and along the Adriatic coast.
What is currently more noteworthy is the projected prolonged period of below - average rainfall over much of eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea — as shown in the chart below:
The forecasts have been corroborated by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, which in August 2015 predicted El Nino would prevail from October to December, resulting in below - average rainfall for parts of the Southern African region.
Nevertheless, if El Niño comes on as strong as current projections seem to indicate, we can say with some level of confidence that coastal South American countries will see above average rainfall and flooding in the coming months, while countries on the other side of the ocean like Australia and Indonesia will likely see drought.
Using statistical methods, the scientists compensated for the effects of the AMO on average rainfall, and thereby calculated how much of the Sahara's growth could be explained by the dryness that the cycle's negative phase produces.
Indeed, statistically, long - term average rainfall tends to...
This, coupled with an increase in average rainfall as well as heavy rainfall events, has resulted in recurrent flooding and related damages to infrastructure, utility supply and the urban economy.
The Climate Council report states that since the mid-1990s, south - east Australia has experienced a 15 % drop in rainfall during late autumn and early winter, with a 25 % slump in average rainfall in April and May.
The area has also seen below average rainfall in recent months, meaning it was more susceptible to catching fire.
Short intense bursts of rainfall will give you flash flooding in a small catchment — a big storm front with less intense average rainfall will give major flooding in large catchments.
It's an inland salt desert a bit below sea level with annual average rainfall between 1 and 3 inches making it one of the dryest places in the world.
In fact, these elevations experienced 2.5 times the average rainfall.
In any case, the odds are still in favor of getting above average rainfall in San Diego in March, due to the El Nino.
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