These twelve - month running - mean time series of
precipitation amounts averaged over continental land areas and the European sub-regions include values from JRA - 55 and values available to date from ERA5, the reanalysis currently in production to supersede ERA - Interim.
Not exact matches
In some tropical and subtropical regions it is more common to speak of the rainy (or wet, or monsoon) season versus the dry season, as the
amount of
precipitation may vary more dramatically than the
average temperature.
Why It Matters: On
average, atmospheric rivers hit the western United States only a few times each winter, but they transport significant
amounts of moisture that converges in the mountains producing heavy
precipitation.
The
average amount of
precipitation for the year in Anacapa Island is 11.5» (292.1 mm).
Over the course of July, Goa experiences a high
amount of rainfall, with 995mm / 39 inches of
precipitation falling on an
average of 27 rainy days.
The chance of rainfall is fairly minimal during March, on
average there are usually seven rainy days throughout the whole month and the
average amount of
precipitation during March is around 40 mm.
On
average in the United States, the
amount of rain falling during the heaviest 1 percent of rainstorms has increased nearly 20 percent during the past 50 years — almost three times the rate of increase in total
precipitation.4, 5 The Midwest saw an even larger
average increase of 31 percent, surpassed only by the Northeast (at 67 percent).4 Scientists attribute the rise in heavy
precipitation to climate change that has already occurred over the past half - century.6
Average water conditions: The
amount and distribution of
precipitation within a drainage basin and the run off conditions present as determined by reviewing the area water supply records over a long period of time.
Since 1991, the
amount of rain falling in very heavy
precipitation events has been significantly above
average.
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..
The researchers used recent historical data and not climate modeling, so the study does not make any future predictions, but Swain says the findings appear to be consistent with other climate research that reveals there is little change in
average precipitation, but an increase in the
amount of very wet or very dry periods.
This is the first four - month period with a significant
amount of above
average precipitation since the beginning of 2016.
tasmax — Maximum daily temperature near surface tasmin — Minimum daily temperature near surface rhsmax — Maximum daily relative humidity near surface rhsmin — Minimum daily relative humdity near surface huss —
Average daily specific humidity near surface pr —
Average daily
precipitation amount at surface rsds -
Average daily downward shortwave radiation at surface was —
Average daily wind speed near surface uas —
Average daily eastward component of wind near surface vas —
Average daily northward component of wind near surface
Average annual
precipitation varies by about 20 inches throughout the Northeast with the highest
amounts observed in coastal and select mountainous regions.
This is approximately twice as much as the
average precipitation amount for October in the climate standard period 1961 - 1990 (DWD, 2002).
This is the second four - month period in a row with a significant
amount of above
average precipitation.
As the Earth warms, the
amount of rain or snow falling in the heaviest one percent of storms has risen nearly 20 percent on
average in the United States — almost three times the rate of increase in total
precipitation between 1958 and 2007.
It should also be possible to get less snow with the same
amount of
precipitation if e.g. the day - night variation increases, in that snow melts during the heat of the day and even if the cold of the night
averages out the temperature, the added cold can not remake the lost snow.