rainy
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He was in Nigeria when the 1999 solar eclipse happened, but it was the rainy season and there wasn't much to see, although he did notice the birds "took off".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He did Boston during a notoriously challenging cold, rainy year in 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
You “absolutely need a mudroom,” in the Northeast, since people walk in with snow and rain on their boots and need a place to drop off “sporty, sweaty, muddy, rainy, snowy” stuff.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
What surprised the researchers was that the ancient drying event on K'gari appears to have occurred during a relatively rainy period.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Although it was the rainy season and everything was green, there was disease in the area, and people were worried about the cattle.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
"When you get hot spells, they're that much hotter. And when you get rainy spells, they're that much rainier," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
It's possible there were more hostile places on earth on Wednesday evening than Pittodrie; windier, rainier, colder, noisier.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
“It will shift to rainier, colder and windier” weather, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
It’s possible that the Midwest and Great Lakes also have a rainier summer than usual.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2023
The rainier, softer skies of the western coasts have their result in smoother skins and better complexions on that side of the Islands than in the drier east.
From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves
Local officials say this has been the rainiest February in the history of Juiz de Fora, with the current rainfall in the region already more than double the amount expected for the month.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
This Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were the rainiest in the modern record for Southern California, according to the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
Though Pu’u Kukui, the highest peak in the West Maui Mountains, remains one of the rainiest locations on the planet, the once-flourishing mid-elevation hillsides are droughted and eroding.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
As mayor, he has been particularly vocal about the dearth of drinking water in Kathmandu — one of the world’s rainiest capitals — but where most people rely on trucked-in water.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Sometimes, on spring days, there will be the brightest, warmest sun and the darkest, rainiest clouds sharing the sky.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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