Despite a light rain on Tuesday, he said his farm had received only a third of the normal rainfall.

The total exceeded the 4.5-inch normal rainfall for the period by 1.7 inches.

The average normal rainfall in the state is more or less adequate for all its agricultural operations.

The normal annual rainfall of the district is 1076.2 mm.

There hasn't been a normal rainfall for about 14 years in the delta, and the river drops a little lower each summer.

It would take more than 11 inches of rain above and beyond normal rainfall in those areas just to catch up, the center said.

Everyone hopes that spring, usually a very wet season, will bring normal rainfall.

The normal rainfall for all of May is 4.25 inches.

During a year on an average, the normal rainfall is 1226 mm.

"What we need is higher than normal rainfall for extended periods."