rainfall
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Rainfall across much of California and the West has become more clustered in heavier storms, with longer dry spells in between.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Rainfall is expected to be light in L.A. and Ventura counties.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Rainfall was 24% lower last year as the country experienced one of its driest starts to the year, even though the winter saw heavy rain.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Rainfall predictions in the equatorial Pacific show a lingering La Nina-like pattern, but in other parts of the world the signal is more mixed, it says.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Rainfall, drumming down day in and day out, pounds the top few inches of earth into slurry from which nutrients are easily leached and which itself easily washes away.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing rainfall
The Water Cycle - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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