precipitation record

/prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən ˈrekərd/

noun phrase

  1. an official or systematic record of how much rain, snow, etc. fell in a particular place over a period of time, kept for weather or climate records

    B2

    countable; often pluraltechnical

    • "The town keeps a precipitation record for every month."A2
    • "Researchers compared the precipitation records from several weather stations."B1

  2. the highest or lowest amount of precipitation ever recorded in a place or period

    C1

    countabletechnical

    • "The storm set a new precipitation record in the city."B2
    • "Last winter’s snowfall broke the precipitation record for the state."C1

Collocations

break a precipitation recordset a precipitation recorddaily precipitation recordhistorical precipitation record