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Each individual line corresponds to the total precipitation for a single 5-day September heavy rain event in Northeast Colorado. Simulations based on today’s warmer, wetter atmosphere produced fewer events with extremely high rainfall totals, indicating that the frequency of such events has declined. Graph adapted from originals provided by Jon Eischeid, CIRES/NOAA.