单项选择题

"In the autumn of 1882 the rains perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming." This tells us that______.

A.the rainfall of that autumn was scarce
B.weather during that period was utterly terrible
C.although the rains were a little more than enough, weather sometimes was the finest
D.the abundant rains flooded the region with terrible weather accompanying