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. 2024 Jul 31;10(31):eado6864. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6864

Fig. 1. Driest rankings in the United States over 128 years and the 2022–2023 winter wheat growth conditions in the wheat state of Kansas.

Fig. 1.

(A) Rankings (driest) of accumulated precipitation (Prcp) during August to October 2022 and March to May 2023 over the past 128 years (1896 to 2023; harvested years). KS, Kansas. (B) Precipitation anomalies during August to October and March to May with the base period of 1981 to 2010 in Kansas. (C) Wheat phenological statistics of emergence date [day of year (DOY)] and duration between planting and emergence dates (days) from 1982 to 2023. (D) Wheat growth conditions (%) in early November (first week) and late May (fourth week) from 1987 to 2023. The boxes delimit the 25th and 75th percentiles; whiskers indicate 5th and 95th percentiles; and vertical black lines represent the 50th percentile. Red solid circles in (B) and vertical lines in (C) and (D) are for the 2023 harvest year.