Sentence examples for deficit of rain from inspiring English sources

The last year eastern states were poised to enter summer with such a deficit of rain was 1966, said Jay Lawrimore, the director of climate monitoring at the data center in Asheville.

The year 2012 was, however, distinguished by an early start of the dry season in the month of January with large deficits of rain.

In early summer there was a severe shortage of rain followed by heavy rains from mid July to mid August.

Kyle Jarvis then claimed 3-35 as Kent reached 214-7, a deficit of 230, before rain brought an early close.

In this study we used eddy covariance measurements to examine net ecosystem exchange and water fluxes of a landscape dominated by a N-fixing tree (Acacia aneura; Mulga) as a function of soil moisture content, vapour pressure deficit, leaf area index and pulses of rain.

It would take many years of rain to make up for existing deficits, and a single El Niño would not erase the problem of unsustainable demands on our water supply.

Ms. Arnold disagreed, saying that with 16 to 18 inches of rain a year and 72 inches of evaporation, "you always have a deficit of water, a loss".

Concentrated recharge in the decade around 1975 resulted from nearly 2 m of rain in excess of the monthly average that fell between 1960 and 2014, followed by a nearly 4 m deficit to 2014.

Points of rain appeared….

The smell of rain.

Slight chance of rain.