How to Use precipitation in a Sentence

precipitation

noun

• The weather forecast calls for some sort of frozen precipitation tomorrow—either snow or sleet.
• Minerals are separated from the seawater by precipitation.
• The precipitation cools the air, and the downdraft helps to create a line of gusty winds.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• The light precipitation that falls along the edge of storms, for the most part, just won’t stick.
  — Wes Junker and Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2018
• The dome would let light in but keep precipitation out.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2018
• All those clouds yielded quite a bit of precipitation, most of it in the form of rain.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
• Our region will be on the northern fringe of the clouds and precipitation from the system.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
• The city could get as much as a quarter inch of precipitation.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2020
• In simple terms, hail is precipitation that falls in the form of ice.
  — Jodi Torpey, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019
• Last year was the third driest on record in terms of precipitation.
  — Adam Beam, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
• Rain will overspread the region overnight, but the precipitation will be on the light side.
  — courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
• The precipitation will taper off in the evening and the sky should remain mostly cloudy.
  — courant.com, 2 Apr. 2022
• Spring is still cold with a fair amount of precipitation.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021
• Portland may see up to a half inch of precipitation before the day is done.
  — oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
• The main forecast problem was whether more of the precipitation would fall as snow or as sleet.
  — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
• Most of our precipitation comes in a handful of big storms.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 11 Feb. 2020
• After a brief respite from the precipitation, showers and storms will return for the end of the week.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 25 May 2021
• The rain has come and gone for the day, dropping about a quarter-inch of precipitation across the region on the whole.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2022
• But at least one of the featured floats would have welcomed a bit of precipitation.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 9 June 2018
• At the same time, the rainy season will shorten as less precipitation falls in the autumn and spring.
  — Bettina Boxall, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Simply pull the cover away along with the frozen precipitation, shake it off and stick it in the trunk, and drive away.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 30 Dec. 2022
• Roads across the east metro are snow-covered as a light band of precipitation was moving through the area.
  — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021
• The forecast calls for mixed precipitation and one to three inches of snow.
  — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Just know that there will be precipitation of some kind.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Corn and soybean crops have taken a hit as a result of the record precipitation.
  — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019
• That bias comes from other parts of the state that have received less precipitation.
  — oregonlive, 2 July 2020
• The next day, churches held special services to give thanks for the months of precipitation.
  — Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
• In the past five years, monsoon precipitation has varied from year to year.
  — AZCentral.com, 18 June 2019
• Lindquist said that decline could also be in part because of the drop in precipitation.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 21 May 2017
• The precipitation could even start briefly as a wintry mix north and west of D.C.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024