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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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Looking in the long term, from February to April, the Kansas City area has equal chances of being hotter or cooler than normal, and wetter or dryer than normal, according to the NWS’s Climate Prediction Center.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
In the specific context of Minnesota, what does a wetter, warmer climate mean?
—Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Since 2020, blazes even burned up homes on the Oregon coast, just inland from the Pacific Ocean in areas once thought almost immune to fire because of a wetter, cooler climate.
—Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Forecasters said the snow that fell in the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday was dry and fluffy to the north of Washington, D.C., but heavier and wetter to the south.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Looking in the long term, from February to April, the Kansas City area has equal chances of being hotter or cooler than normal, and wetter or dryer than normal, according to the NWS’s Climate Prediction Center.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
In the specific context of Minnesota, what does a wetter, warmer climate mean?
—Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Since 2020, blazes even burned up homes on the Oregon coast, just inland from the Pacific Ocean in areas once thought almost immune to fire because of a wetter, cooler climate.
—Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Wetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wetter. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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