precipitation
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They also dipped 8.3% when there was precipitation and 4.9% when it was cloudy, compared with sunny days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
"We assume that the plants have an unlimited amount of water even with less-than-average precipitation, because they have access to snowmelt."
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Sitting between the Atlantic and continental Europe, the UK is also exposed to fast-moving weather fronts, which can bring sudden shifts in temperature, wind, and precipitation.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The situation has been intensified by historic drought that has shifted precipitation patterns.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
I put my life at hazard there, which some might account valor; but I knew it for the rashness of despair, the precipitation of utter despondence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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