Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 4:46 PM
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State snowpack levels improve, but still below normal
Original post made on Mar 31, 2016
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 4:46 PM
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Posted by vkmo
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 31, 2016 at 2:45 pm
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 31, 2016 at 2:45 pm
El Nino??
Hell No-No!!
Posted by John
a resident of another community
on Apr 2, 2016 at 4:23 pm
a resident of another community
on Apr 2, 2016 at 4:23 pm
Annual precipitation has an asymmetric distribution with more observations below the mean than above the mean. This is the result of a few years with annual totals far above the mean because the upper tail is unlimited while the left hand tail is limited by 0. Consequently the median is a better estimate of centrality than is the mean. That is why home sales use the median rather than the mean. The point is that there may be as many years with totals below 90% as there are years with totals above 90%. 87% is closer to the median than it is to the mean.
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