A Comprehensive Analysis of the Changes in Precipitation Patterns over Beijing during 1960–2012

Table 7

Comparison of mean precipitation in the different subregions and periods.

	Plain area	Mountainous area	Percent of differences (%)^1	Urban area	Suburb area	Percent of differences (%)^1
1960–1979	583.2	559.0	4.15	597.0	564.1	5.51
1980–1999	569.6	537.0	5.72	589.9	544.7	7.66
2000–2012	504.8	487.1	3.51	522.0	491.0	5.94
1960–2012	558.8	533.0	4.62	575.9	538.9	6.42

Note. The percent of differences = the differences in precipitation between the plain (urban) and mountainous (suburb) areas divided by the total amount of precipitation in the plain (urban) areas.