Study finds heavier precipitation in the northeast began in 1996
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 02:02
in Earth & Climate
Over the past century, the Northeast has experienced an increase in the number of storms with extreme precipitation. A Dartmouth-led study finds that the increase in extreme Northeast storms occurred as an abrupt shift in 1996, particularly in the spring and fall, rather than as a steady change over several decades. The findings were published in an early online release of the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Hydrometeorology.