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CompassLive, the blog of the USDA’s Forest Service Southern Research Station, has an interesting post describing how precipitation patterns are changing over time at the Coweeta Hydrologic Lab in western North Carolina. They have records going back to 1934 and were able to look at the patterns in comparison to several weather/climate patterns like El Niño. You can read more at https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2018/01/23/daily-precipitation-patterns-are-changing-at-coweeta/.
Tropical rainfall may increase more than previously thought as the climate warms. Credit: teresaaaa, CC BY-ND 2.0.