Sentence examples for exceptional rain from inspiring English sources

The dry spell has persisted in parts of the region for over 18 months, and weather patterns are not expected to co-operate in ending the "exceptional" rain deficits for the foreseeable future.

Speaking on Sky News following the Cobra meeting in London, he said: "We are looking to have a combination of exceptional rain, wind and a surge in sea and high tides and so there are nearly 50 warnings put out around the whole of the west coast and south coast.

We might expect continuing moderation of peak flows but there will probably still be occasional major floods from exceptional rain events such as occurred in northern Montana in 1964 and in southern Alberta in 2013.

The winter 2001 was characterised by exceptional rain events, with precipitation values significantly higher than during the same period in 2004.

In the South came a season of exceptional rains.

If exceptional rains do not come for several consecutive months this spring, experts agree, widespread hardship could lead to a health crisis for tens of thousands of rural residents.

Now they're barely a trickle, bursting into spate only during exceptional rains or spring thaws.

Exceptional heavy rain is accompanied by, say, an uncommonly strong wind that blows water spilling over the dam into the galleries, pumps have not been maintained so the galleries flood, and the low level release valves cannot be operated.

Which sounds like an exceptional amount of rain, but just how unusual is this kind of event?

Seathwaite in Cumbria recorded 316mm of rainfall in less than 24 hours, as a south-westerly airstream from the Atlantic brought exceptional "conveyor belt" rain to the region.

The council blamed "exceptional levels of rain last year, followed by snow and ice", which caused damage "across the country".