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We thank E. Zorita for helpful discussions and support. Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeintschaft (PRIME 2 and Historical Climatology in the Near East for J.L; BU-534/24-1 for A.B.), the European Union /FP7 (ACWQA for J.L.), the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation, and the Czech project 'Building up a multidisciplinary scientific team focused on drought' (No. CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0248).
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Bunde, A., Büntgen, U., Ludescher, J. et al. Is there memory in precipitation?. Nature Clim Change 3, 174–175 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1830
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