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

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National Climatic Data Center



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January
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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21.12%5.91%21.62%19.81%4.40%2.40%0.59%0.00%5.92%1.01%10.09%16.22%43.36%0.00%26.55%9.37%22.40%4.34%14.38%21.45%17.27%55.87%6.68%14.46%2.60%9.88%2.43%2.32%2.49%0.16%5.94%8.59%0.29%0.00%9.17%12.07%4.35%23.25%7.86%3.11%5.54%18.01%30.58%6.44%12.42%9.47%7.82%0.27%13.40%13.86%0.92%12.47%9.59%3.45%48.14%28.13%3.49%13.11%8.27%7.62%0.82%9.32%8.31%9.90%3.26%9.73%1.29%3.60%1.42%6.12%7.00%3.29%7.95%8.31%32.70%9.69%9.28%8.03%5.31%13.83%12.13%1.99%0.88%26.66%32.35%19.99%0.00%15.56%3.69%0.10%1.81%1.74%5.68%2.66%3.59%8.66%8.97%9.15%28.27%6.02%17.99%20.67%23.58%23.43%23.73%2.50%7.59%0.81%0.77%2.70%32.24%7.74%12.83%7.70%1.99%18.21%6.98%2.33%10.11%
0.00%6.20%2.69%14.65%2.01%13.91%7.01%13.42%5.50%13.20%1.70%0.00%13.67%0.97%18.06%1.01%11.63%18.35%1.23%16.88%2.73%6.16%6.35%5.32%25.02%9.45%3.37%2.16%3.21%7.93%13.05%1.20%17.24%29.89%1.45%2.36%26.26%0.33%7.10%10.26%7.50%5.04%1.36%3.33%0.16%8.47%6.20%14.01%11.67%11.85%6.32%7.12%7.63%13.68%11.68%6.60%8.77%3.89%7.18%9.10%9.07%8.25%7.13%5.32%10.81%0.08%37.35%3.22%16.05%7.50%2.45%7.80%15.70%3.77%8.34%23.78%13.53%13.62%4.80%3.93%3.09%24.68%8.72%0.00%2.25%3.17%48.63%0.10%9.05%19.51%17.00%37.23%6.53%4.30%6.88%2.53%7.20%8.96%0.00%3.99%1.66%5.99%1.06%3.93%2.88%5.82%11.51%10.70%30.68%6.66%3.28%9.68%16.55%10.15%18.11%3.00%17.09%8.23%8.70%

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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