Figure 14. Historic variations in annual precipitation depicted as 10-year running means. Data are from NOAA compilations of instrumental weather data for Nevada regions 3 and 4 (see inset map). The modern mean annual precipitation estimates for Yucca Mountain (5000 ft, 1524 m elevation) from Spaulding (1985) and this report are shown on the right. The mean annual precipitation reconstructions for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) from Spaulding (1985) and this report are shown as gray bands on the upper part of the figure.
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