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

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National Climatic Data Center



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October
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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0.00%7.35%10.52%9.87%3.83%6.79%0.00%1.51%1.89%6.31%1.45%5.03%6.36%15.86%0.00%3.72%14.59%7.61%5.34%6.68%3.71%16.94%5.98%9.30%27.66%8.58%1.54%2.42%16.66%11.92%17.60%3.04%2.92%3.67%9.66%13.78%1.11%14.72%3.39%5.50%0.12%5.89%11.60%5.24%0.36%3.27%44.50%8.38%4.39%1.37%8.08%24.10%11.75%0.08%14.96%9.24%10.40%0.84%2.46%10.45%7.22%6.01%19.17%1.89%30.00%10.27%1.56%6.98%1.84%6.33%1.11%0.90%7.68%5.27%18.50%13.63%21.68%19.24%5.46%13.55%15.23%11.26%8.42%1.52%6.49%4.91%17.15%15.54%12.42%33.99%15.78%16.04%4.60%1.70%1.63%15.20%7.11%2.92%5.35%20.55%20.46%7.16%9.39%30.32%1.43%22.37%8.03%22.85%4.85%20.87%17.36%23.27%17.06%11.36%43.87%12.96%6.60%9.71%
27.66%5.30%14.90%11.99%2.11%0.63%5.99%9.22%6.19%18.87%12.33%10.52%9.03%17.66%5.91%6.91%2.39%0.70%2.70%1.50%13.39%1.33%36.00%2.17%0.24%5.32%15.21%2.08%3.17%30.52%0.82%3.14%2.59%1.78%4.80%5.11%5.84%6.84%14.01%24.05%14.96%9.64%5.06%29.57%8.70%7.33%0.71%1.98%5.37%18.58%7.64%1.39%5.23%6.93%1.65%18.40%1.36%77.51%20.25%5.74%11.45%7.81%0.48%19.51%5.07%2.34%5.59%0.96%32.53%38.05%22.31%10.08%9.70%1.86%1.30%2.40%1.07%1.80%6.88%11.20%13.82%6.21%5.40%28.08%3.65%3.35%0.45%6.73%0.00%1.89%0.33%2.53%26.60%30.87%4.69%1.79%5.07%6.91%1.79%6.51%20.29%1.77%2.75%0.41%22.27%11.60%12.27%9.62%12.39%0.36%12.33%1.94%5.04%2.03%2.89%10.30%2.58%4.53%

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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