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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March Very Wet: Very Dry:
1895 3.03% 21.54%
1896 6.91% 9.21%
1897 31.21% 0.50%
1898 13.64% 9.79%
1899 16.64% 10.67%
1900 8.38% 11.41%
1901 1.83% 2.51%
1902 7.21% 2.30%
1903 9.08% 0.05%