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wells were located primarily in the west-central and southwestern di-visions; these divisions also re-ceived above-normal precipitation in 1994 (fig. 2)—the fifth consecu-tive year with above-normal pre-cipitation. The high water levels re-corded in 1993 had only a relatively short duration because 1994 was an average year for precipitation: 31.2 in. (98 % of normal precipitation; Knox, 1995). Although most of Wis-consin received near-normal pre-cipitation, parts of the north-cen-tral, east-central, and southeastern divisions were dry, receiving less than 85 percent of normal precipita-tion (fig. 2). During 1994, water levels in the northwest and north-central di-visions remained about the same as in 1993 or declined only slightly (fig. 3). Generally, the magnitude of water-level declines increased from the northwest to the southeast. Most observation wells in the northwestern half of the state recorded declines of less than 0.6 ft. In a broad strip through the central and northeastern divisions, declines were less than 1 ft. Only in the southeastern third of the state did water levels decline more than 2 ft. Water levels dropped most in those wells that reached record-high levels in 1993. Declines of more than 3 ft were measured i