Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Small talk?

Gareth: 'We're enjoying a spate of good weather here at the moment. What's it like where you are?' Howard: 'It's great here, too. But I'm too busy to spend any time outdoors, unfortunately.'

a spate of something

Do you know what it means?

• a little bit of something
• a large amount of something
• an immeasurable amount of something