Automated Data Plotter
This application dynamically generates many types of graphs. These graphs are derived from processing of various data sources done by the IEM. Please feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish. Reset App. The IEM Explorer application offers a simplified frontend to some of these autoplots.
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Plot Description:
This plot presents the frequency of having a month's preciptation at or above some threshold. This threshold is compared against the long term climatology for the site and month. This plot is designed to answer the question about reliability of monthly precipitation for a period of your choice.Based on a sampling of recent timings for this application, plot generation time has averaged 2 seconds. Hold on for the plot is generating now!

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IEM Daily Features using this plot
The IEM Daily Features found on this website often utilize plots found on this application. Here is a listing of features referencing this plot type.
- 16 May 2023: May Precip Reliability
- 18 May 2021: Recent Monthly Reliability
- 02 Oct 2019: Recent Monthly Precip
- 19 Jan 2018: Recent Dry Januaries
- 07 Apr 2016: Recent April Reliability
- 20 Jan 2015: January Precip
- 12 Aug 2014: Precip Reliabillity