rainfall
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The IMD had forecast June rainfall at 92% of the long-period average.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
"By comparison, the highest single-day rainfall recorded last year was about 56 mm," he wrote on X, adding the increase pointed to climate change.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
The “great room” — the home’s centerpiece — hosts a two-story fireplace with a glowing water feature mimicking rainfall above it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
Heat combined with record-low May rainfall have significantly increased the risk of fires in forests and national parks in Poland, officials warned.
From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026
The clinging, overpowering conviction of death spread steadily with the continuing rainfall, soaking mordantly into each man’s ailing countenance like the corrosive blot of some crawling disease.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing rainfall
The Water Cycle - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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