Sentences with phrase «receive less precipitation»

This means that many populated zones will receive less precipitation.

In fact, calendar year 2013 now appears to be the driest on record to date — specifically, California has received less precipitation during the period January 1, 2013 — November 13, 2013 than during any other January 1 — November 13 period in at least the past 119 years.

Not exact matches

Although precipitation in Nebraska at the northern end of the aquifer will likely increase, scientists predict the southern parts of the region will get even less than the 16 inches of annual precipitation they now receive.

In many of the wood frog populations studied, researchers found evidence of interacting temperature and precipitation influencing population size, such as warmer summers having less of a negative effect in areas that received more precipitation.

Deserts are arid regions, generally receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year, or regions where the potential evaporation rate is significantly greater than the precipitation.

In contrast, France received less than 90 percent of its average precipitation total for 2015, making this one of the 10 driest years for the country in the past half century.

Since mid-May, much of the region has received less than half the amount of precipitation it typically gets.

4) Actually, Antarctica (168 mm year continental average) does recieve less precipitation than the Arctic (< 500 mm per year average), with the highest most central regions of Antarctica receiving 50 mm per year compared to < 100 to 200 mm per year for central Greenland (described as the driest part of the Arctic).

In regards to precipitation, it was relatively dry this month as most of the region received less than 50 percent of normal precipitation and only a few isolated areas received at least 150 percent of normal precipitation.

Conditions were especially dry throughout central Texas, where most stations received half (or less) of the normal precipitation for the month.

With some exceptions, the tropics will likely receive less rain (orange) as the planet warms, while the polar regions will receive more precipitation (green).

In general, northern parts of the U.S. (especially the Northeast and Alaska) are projected to receive more precipitation, while southern parts (especially the Southwest) are projected to receive less.

Less precipitation falls in the arid central areas, which also receive more sunshine than the coast or the Andean cordillera.

DESERT Region that receives less than 25 cm of precipitation in one year.

12 Region that receives less than 25 cm of precipitation in one year.

Despite insights into the causes and historical context of precipitation deficits (8 ⇓ ⇓ — 11), the influence of historical temperature changes on the probability of individual droughts has — until recently — received less attention (12 ⇓ — 14).

A hot - dry climate is defined as region that receives less than 20 inches (50 cm) of annual precipitation with approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 degrees F basis)[3,500 cooling degree days (10 degrees C basis)-RSB- or greater and where the monthly average outdoor temperature remains above 45 degrees F (7 degrees C) throughout the year.

Mixed - Humid - A mixed - humid and warm - humid climate is defined as a region that receives more than 20 inches of annual precipitation with approximately 4,500 cooling degree days (50 °F basis) or greater and less than approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 °F basis) and less than approximately 5,400 heating degree days (65 °F basis) and where the average monthly outdoor temperature drops below 45 °F during the winter months.

A warm - dry and mixed - dry climate is defined as a region that receives less than 20 inches of annual precipitation with approximately 4,500 cooling degree days (50 °F basis) or greater and less than approximately 6,300 cooling degree days (50 °F basis) and less than approximately 5,400 heating degree days (65 °F basis) and where the average monthly outdoor temperature drops below 45 °F during the winter months.