For the sake of brevity, I like to use this trick,
plot(0, 0) mtext(~"Monthly Precipitation (mm x "*10^2*"/month)") HTH, baptiste ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.