1 Erratum to: Clim Dyn DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2174-9

Unfortunately, the author(s) cited the work of Durack et al. incorrectly in the original paper. They stated that Durack et al. found that salinity observations suggest that global mean precipitation has increased by 8 ± 5 %/K since 1950. This is incorrect. In fact, Durack et al. found that the salinity observations suggest that the global spatial pattern of precipitation minus evaporation has intensified by 8 ± 5 %/K. The correction explains this error. The results and conclusions of the original paper are unaffected by the mistake.