U.S. Percentage Areas (Very Warm/Cold, Very Wet/Dry)

The percentage areas of the contiguous United States are computed based on the climate division data set. Those climate divisions having the monthly average temperature/total precipitation in the top ten percent (> 90th percentile) of their historical distribution are very warm/wet and those in the bottom ten percent (< 10th percentile) are very cold/dry.

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May Very Warm: Very Cold:
1895 4.80% 3.98%
1896 56.10% 18.21%
1897 31.61% 5.53%
1898 4.58% 5.76%
1899 21.14% 18.42%
1900 19.56% 1.42%
1901 17.06% 0.12%
1902 27.78% 0.00%
1903 0.04% 14.05%
1904 5.16% 1.30%
1905 11.10% 17.23%
1906 1.03% 2.32%
1907 0.75% 70.79%
1908 0.02% 22.82%