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The passage directly reports 221,483 accessible gauges from 1900–2022 and says 63.2%, or 139,901, remained active within the past 30 years. DIRECT_TEXT

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Between 1900 and 2022, observations from 221,483 accessible precipitation gauges were recorded, of which 63.2% (139,901) remained active within the past 30 years.