11.   Average rainfall peaked on Saturday and bottomed out on Monday.

12.   Average rainfall in each month from June to September is less than an inch.

13.   Abare said that the above average rainfall in November has helped to boost Australian cotton plantings.

14.   By Sunday the average rainfall had begun to decline.

15.   Conversely it creates higher than average rainfall in places such as the southern states of the U.S.

16.   Indeed, the average rainfall in Sacramento for the months of May through September is less than an inch.

17.   Most August days are dry, with the average monthly rainfall only about a quarter of an inch.

18.   Officials said that several areas of the state have registered less than average rainfall this year, including Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston.

19.   The National Climate Center has forecast below average rainfall in much of New South Wales.

20.   This total is less than the average July rainfall observed in parts of the Arizona desert.