wetter
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wet·ter
ˈwe-tər 
comparative form of the adjective wet
a wetter climate
a plant that grows in wetter regions
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Molly Robey, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Consortium scientists concluded that over the last two decades, floods affecting coastal California from events like the Feb. 1 rains have been up to 15% wetter.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
El Niño’s relative warmth can affect atmospheric circulation along the equator and nudge a jet stream that normally aims for the Pacific Northwest southward, leaving that region drier and the Southeast wetter.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
This is a much wetter in comparison to the same 14-day period last year.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
The current records for both dates are: Jan. 30, Tuesday - 59 degrees (2018)
Jan. 31, Wednesday - 61 degrees (1992)
Rain, cold and ... and maybe light snow
The warmer temperatures will last through Thursday before a wetter storm system flushes out the warm air.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2024
The mammoth described in a paper published Wednesday in Science Advances lived approximately 3,000 years later in a wetter and warmer environment.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
As climate change intensifies, storms like Ana and Gombe are becoming more frequent, more powerful, and wetter.
—WIRED, 16 Sep. 2023
While nothing is certain, of course, the jet stream during an El Niño winter generally shifts south—and that results most frequently in wetter and cooler weather for the South, while northern states are drier and warmer.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
Noun
But a wetter scenario with more numerous showers is still possible.
—Molly Robey, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Consortium scientists concluded that over the last two decades, floods affecting coastal California from events like the Feb. 1 rains have been up to 15% wetter.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
El Niño’s relative warmth can affect atmospheric circulation along the equator and nudge a jet stream that normally aims for the Pacific Northwest southward, leaving that region drier and the Southeast wetter.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
This is a much wetter in comparison to the same 14-day period last year.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
The current records for both dates are: Jan. 30, Tuesday - 59 degrees (2018)
Jan. 31, Wednesday - 61 degrees (1992)
Rain, cold and ... and maybe light snow
The warmer temperatures will last through Thursday before a wetter storm system flushes out the warm air.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2024
The mammoth described in a paper published Wednesday in Science Advances lived approximately 3,000 years later in a wetter and warmer environment.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
As climate change intensifies, storms like Ana and Gombe are becoming more frequent, more powerful, and wetter.
—WIRED, 16 Sep. 2023
While nothing is certain, of course, the jet stream during an El Niño winter generally shifts south—and that results most frequently in wetter and cooler weather for the South, while northern states are drier and warmer.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
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“Wetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wetter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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