precipitations

Last week, two high-profile studies on the detection and attribution of extreme precipitations events were published in the journal Nature, again bringing the issue of extreme weather events and climate change to the forefront.

Global warming, extreme events and weird weather 2011

Hydroelectric power was down in the first quarter, which is extremely rare, due to the lack of snow and precipitations, the EDF spokeswoman noted.

Record Heat Costs France Geraldine Amiel 2011

Hydroelectric power was down in the first quarter, which is extremely rare, due to the lack of snow and precipitations, the EDF spokeswoman noted.

Record Heat Costs France Geraldine Amiel 2011

But further north, this is where we're looking at the bulk of the precipitations, the Tennessee River valley.

CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2009 2009

MCCAIN: People like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, don't need their precipitations underwritten by taxpayers.

CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2008 2008

And as we make our way back up into parts of the northern plains, into, say, Grand Forks, just southward into Fargo, you're seeing a lot of that precipitations switching over into -- from the blue to pink and the white, which indicates freezing rain and, of course, that snowfall.

CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2008 2008

Although climatological data are scarce, mean annual precipitations vary from north to south, from approximately 200 to 600 millimeters (mm), rising with elevation.

Southern Andean steppe 2007

He found years ago a relationship between the 80-year solar cycle and precipitations in Central Europe (published in 1953) based on the meteo observations from Prague Klementinum (since 1784).

Swindle and Inconvenient Divergence « Climate Audit 2007

Shortly before his death he said that he expected Sun entering a long period of low activity now and therefore maximum precipitations occurring around 2025.

Swindle and Inconvenient Divergence « Climate Audit 2007

There are four climatic zones in Western Africa: Sahelian (rainy season does not exceed three months; irregular rainfall not exceeding 500 mm); Sudanian (precipitations between less than 88 mm in the north of Nigeria and 1,000 mm in the north of Mali); tropical humid (annual mean rainfall approximately 1,500 mm); and equatorial (essentially localized along the Gulf of Guinea, with annual rainfall above 2,000 mm).

Western Africa and the atmosphere 2007