During summer, most of northern Europe experienced above
average precipitation, as did the Alpine region and the north of Italy and Slovenia, with a number of heavy rainfall events heavily influencing the
average for the season and leading to
wide - spread flooding events.
Linear statistics were used first: area -
averaged and Australia -
wide spatial correlations of STR intensity and position with
precipitation in south - west eastern Australia reveal that STR intensity has a much stronger and more widespread relationship with
precipitation in both seasons.