Sentence examples for above average precipitation from inspiring English sources
As a result, despite the drought in this bottomland forest accustomed to ample water supply, maximum daily transpiration (1.6 mm) and growing season transpiration (264 mm) were similar to a nearby upland forest measured during a year of above average precipitation.
During El Niño events, winter and early spring temperatures are cooler than average with above average precipitation in the central and eastern parts of the state and drier weather in the western part.
La Niña usually brings warmer than average temperatures with above average precipitation in the western part of the state while the central and coastal regions stay drier than average.
"That allows storms to continuously drop out of the Gulf of Alaska, giving the western U.S. above average precipitation".
Root systems of the annual forbs, excavated at the end of a season of above average precipitation, reached depths of 0·5 1·2 m.
The Nevada Irrigation District, east of Marysville, cited "well above average precipitation, full reservoirs and a mountain snowpack" in rescinding its own drought declaration and calling on the state to ease its restrictions.
A commission spokesman, Chris Roberts, said that though winter was a time of lower water consumption, without above-average precipitation this winter, the situation could be severe in the spring.
In Tulare County, south of Fresno, where groundwater overdraft has been particularly severe, the number of reported well failures has continued to climb, almost quadrupling since 2014, in spite of last year's above-average precipitation and this year's deluge.
In the simulations, the trees added foliage and increased LAI during the years with above-average precipitation.
In years with above-average precipitation a significant amount of nitrate can leave the rooting zone of various crops even when land is cropped annually.
During the last 300 yr, two of three major episodes of these growth anomalies occurred after abrupt transitions from prolonged, multi-year droughts to sustained, lengthy periods of above-average precipitation.
