USGS · 1015230
What records have we been breaking?
Abstract
"Today was another record-breaking day," the evening radio or television declares. High temperatures, low temperatures, floods, drought - take your choice. But how can we put these pronouncements in perspective? What do they really mean? We present two types of information in this article: 1) an analysis of daily air temperature and precipitation for Fort Collins and 2) an analysis of annual precipitation for Fort Collins. Each analysis provides a different meaning to the statement about a record-breaking day or year.
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J.M. Bartholow, R. Milhous. 2002. What records have we been breaking?. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/1015230
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