rainfall

rain·fall (-fôl′)

noun

a falling of rain; shower
the amount of precipitation falling over a given area in a given period of time: it is stated in terms of the depth of water that has fallen into a rain gauge

Converse of object

absorb: Moorland should act as a sponge which absorbs heavy rainfall, and then releases water slowly into streams and rivers.

Adjective modifier

heavy: A heavy rainfall late in the day makes the coastal road the only viable route of advance.
torrential: Even torrential rainfall on the Thursday morning didn't affect the numbers!
below-average: October has also seen below-average rainfall in most parts.
erratic: The maize harvest fell by 32 per cent due to erratic rainfall during the agricultural season.
average: March Headline: A dry month with less than 65 % of the average rainfall falling within the first week.
annual: Umbrella sellers don't care what the annual rainfall is, they care how many rainy days there will be.

Modifies a noun

runoff: Work Completed Black box regression modeling was carried out on a 15 - year sample of annual rainfall runoff data.
accumulation: Notable rainfall accumulations were commonplace and numerous local rainfall records have been established.
deficiency: The large regional rainfall deficiencies built up through the 2003 drought have very largely been eliminated.
simulator: Topics covered in this Bulletin include experimental design, reconnaisance methods, field plots, rainfall simulators, and estimating from models.
intensity: Note the previous standard gave rainfall intensity figures in mm per hour per square meter for 2 minute storm event.
radar: The ' echoes ' received by the radar are shown on the ' rainfall radar ' chart.

Noun used with modifier

monsoon: The present skill of the model does not allow a quantitative forecast of the monsoon rainfall over India.
millimeter: The wettest day in March was 7 th with a rather modest 6.5 millimeters rainfall.
winter: Many underground water sources rely solely on winter rainfall to fill them up.
catchment: Many new local and catchment rainfall records were established, particularly for high intensity events.
mm: Snow was heavy for a time from about 04 GMT and, when melted, was equivalent to 6 mm rainfall.

Preposition: in

catchment: Storms on the 22nd were responsible for more than half the total June rainfall in some southern catchments.

Preposition: of

mm: In contrast, drinking water is scarce during summer months in some parts of the northeast with an annual rainfall of 15,000 mm.

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