Fig. 3: Recent linear trends in 10-year and 100-year precipitation events across the CONUS.
From: Increasing dam failure risk in the USA due to compound rainfall clusters as climate changes
Recent linear trends in (a) 10-year annual maximum daily rainfall, (b) 100-year annual maximum daily rainfall, (c) 10-year 5-day precedent rainfall total, (d) 100-year 5-day precedent rainfall total, (e) 10-year 30-day annual maximum rainfall, and (f) 100-year 30-day annual maximum rainfall, for the 1979-2021 CPC-CONUS daily rainfall dataset. The color represents the ratio of the return level in 2021 to that in 1979.
