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Maps showing the relative anomlaies of the wettest day of the year in 2018 and 2012

Figure 5. Relative anomalies of the wettest day of the year (RX1day) in 2018 (left) and 2012 (right). A value of zero denotes an extreme like the long-term average; a value of one (dark blue), twice as much rainfall on the wettest day than the long-term average.

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