Study sites	MAAT (°C)			Total Annual P (mm)			Total Annual PET (mm)			Water Balance (P-PET) (mm)
Study sites	∆T	r2	p	∆P	r2	p	∆PET	r2	p	∆P-PET	r2	p
Site 1	2.65	0.33	0.001	−13.4	0	0.443	81.5	0.41	0.001	−94.9	0.17	0.001
Site 2	2.34	0.32	0.001	−14.9	0	0.651	81.6	0.41	0.001	−96.5	0.16	0.001
Site 3	2.39	0.33	0.001	−100.5	0.21	0.006	94.9	0.47	0.001	−195.4	0.4	0.001
Site 4	0.79	0.05	0.034	−41.5	0.03	0.044	37.8	0.13	0.001	−79.3	0.09	0.003
Site 5	0.91	0.15	0.011	−49.1	0.06	0.007	4.63	0	0.721	−53.7	0.03	0.049
Site 6	1.62	0.23	0.001	−32.3	0.04	0.076	66.1	0.29	0.001	−98.4	0.24	0.001
Site 7	0.35	0.01	0.322	27.8	0.13	0.017	14.6	0.01	0.093	13.2	0	0.859