Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 30, issue 20
Articles | Volume 30, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-6421-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-6421-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 30, issue 20
Research article
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21 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 21 Oct 2026

Climatology and trends of observed daily and hourly extreme precipitation in the French Alps

Sebastian Berghald, Juliette Blanchet, Antoine Blanc, and David Penot

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Our study analyses extreme precipitation in the French Alps using extreme value theory on long-term observations. We compare daily and hourly observations and find regionally and seasonally different trends. On annual resolution, daily extremes show positive trends in the south and negative trends in the north, while trends in hourly extremes are noisier with an appearing east-west divide between increases in the high Alps and decreases in the pre-Alps.
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