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U.S. Percentage Areas Very Wet/Very Dry
September

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Climatic Data Center



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September
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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0.71%4.61%3.31%7.06%0.09%9.91%5.94%0.52%3.91%8.52%4.99%9.15%7.12%2.55%6.06%2.48%8.66%8.64%9.52%2.23%8.81%0.09%3.25%14.87%6.02%3.77%9.69%0.08%13.25%11.07%5.16%19.00%12.53%6.89%11.97%4.50%4.23%7.08%4.57%10.66%5.01%14.66%0.22%11.95%9.61%17.63%24.51%5.53%1.95%5.32%19.17%9.59%3.54%1.92%1.09%10.16%5.28%1.17%3.03%5.49%2.45%2.49%14.33%10.92%18.52%3.98%21.08%6.43%6.72%5.65%24.16%4.24%9.49%5.81%2.11%13.30%7.92%5.12%26.33%12.11%11.66%11.00%19.93%17.68%15.97%13.02%2.92%16.71%8.55%2.51%18.32%33.15%3.78%8.17%12.18%2.33%7.39%3.11%7.86%1.20%1.86%19.33%11.20%12.71%11.18%3.97%3.74%11.93%12.07%21.87%4.20%9.83%2.59%11.96%10.32%15.76%11.42%5.39%
14.07%0.57%24.33%13.29%19.46%2.01%4.17%5.78%14.80%7.61%0.35%6.40%2.75%17.85%6.15%4.60%0.47%2.86%2.66%11.95%4.67%1.73%7.00%6.55%9.72%2.38%3.13%23.05%4.26%7.23%2.52%10.25%7.09%20.04%6.33%4.42%16.14%20.10%6.16%4.37%12.87%3.61%8.14%8.32%24.86%20.07%9.89%7.68%21.09%6.27%2.13%2.10%11.17%19.46%2.15%3.20%6.19%20.48%42.12%15.75%13.49%42.07%12.75%5.14%7.75%10.51%5.97%0.47%6.39%10.90%3.27%2.91%3.14%13.35%4.05%2.19%1.31%4.89%7.68%22.35%12.28%7.66%2.44%11.97%28.33%4.48%3.88%4.09%4.29%12.56%8.14%3.55%13.49%2.40%6.75%15.54%7.30%4.15%12.72%1.70%6.84%0.36%3.11%10.90%16.08%12.50%2.27%3.59%1.09%13.63%11.67%4.92%1.87%10.60%9.99%13.66%11.35%24.77%

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


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