Global Precipitation

Global Precipitation

Global mean precipitation over the past 100 years shows a weak resemblance to global temperature history (low at the beginning of the record, increasing beginning in the 1940s, variable to 1980, and increasing since then. A global distribution of change from 1900-1994 generally shows increases at high latitudes and decreases in subtropical areas.

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