«From 1910 - 1949 (pre-agricultural development, pre-DEV) to 1970 - 2009 (full agricultural development, full - DEV), the central United States experienced large - scale increases in rainfall of up to 35 % and decreases in surface air
temperature of up to 1 °C during the boreal summer months of July and August... which
conflicts with expectations from climate change
projections for the end of the 21st century (i.e., warming and decreasing rainfall)(Melillo et al., 2014).»