Xiao Ziniu, director of China's National Climate Center, was quoted as saying most of north China's wheat belt was expected to receive slightly less than or nearly normal rainfall in March.

有消息称，国家气候中心主任肖子牛表示：北方大部分小麦种植地区三月份的降雨量有望同正常年份或略有减少。

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With less than 300 mm rainfall a year, the very limited surface water as you see here was collected in this muddy creek.

这个地区的年降雨量不到300毫米。就像你们所看到的，非常有限的地表水被收集在这条泥泞的小溪里。

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When the AAO in boreal spring was stronger before 1976, there was more rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River and north China and less rainfall in the Yangtze-Huaihe River valley.

在春季AAO偏强的情况下，1976年之前，长江以南地区和华北地区降水偏多，江淮流域降水偏少；

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Aberdeenshire was also faced with less rainfall per year and slightly more weekly sunshine hours than the Scottish average.

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Rainfall was close to or above normal over much of western Scotland but elsewhere it was dry, particularly over much of southern, central and eastern England where less than 10% of normal rainfall was recorded.

BBC: Weather - UK Review - April 2011

These days, aside from the smog -- an ever present in a city plagued with so many cars and so little rainfall -- the atmosphere is less toxic than two decades ago when the city was awash with crack cocaine and guns.

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