Lesley L. Smith – US Extreme Precipitation

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Observations Extreme Precipitation Climatologies

Station Data (with extrapolation to ~0.25^o x 0.25^o)

Station Data (with extrapolation)

APA CAM5 1^o x 1^o 1901-1920 versus 1999-2018

Below average of 4 5-year maximas for two periods (diffs give 'trends')

Below pink line is Station Data 'trend' for region

Climate Superdivision Map (right) shows precipitation corresponding to maximum frequency in pdfs above
below left sample map

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Below average of 20 annual maximas for two periods (diffs give 'trends')

Below pink line is Station Data 'trend' for region

Climate Superdivision Map (right) shows precipitation corresponding to maximum frequency in pdfs above
below left sample map

movie of all maps here
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