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

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National Climatic Data Center



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March
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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3.03%6.91%31.21%13.64%16.64%8.38%1.83%7.21%9.08%27.77%22.16%22.62%17.60%5.91%0.59%0.00%1.38%24.24%12.35%1.03%2.17%5.73%6.13%4.32%10.06%9.25%5.39%21.22%2.27%9.55%2.16%15.75%5.81%6.26%9.73%4.51%1.91%9.93%4.19%5.65%8.09%7.41%2.98%26.01%0.40%5.98%15.75%9.44%6.94%14.45%22.36%10.11%2.62%8.20%4.49%9.73%9.82%11.56%5.53%9.82%4.78%1.84%9.01%12.62%5.28%2.36%12.39%0.17%6.80%6.47%3.38%4.22%3.15%3.77%1.62%9.13%4.94%3.85%40.61%10.54%16.20%8.87%21.48%13.30%15.60%17.72%11.44%12.17%39.64%8.10%12.88%0.09%14.23%2.58%14.26%18.28%21.58%10.46%10.80%9.09%22.47%4.24%7.84%21.59%6.48%12.26%15.13%7.59%10.82%15.13%2.84%10.37%19.34%12.15%15.43%7.52%14.49%16.37%0.74%
21.54%9.21%0.50%9.79%10.67%11.41%2.51%2.30%0.05%12.64%3.46%3.97%15.39%5.34%4.51%46.78%25.17%7.92%1.33%9.53%28.10%13.87%9.41%18.85%2.38%2.14%3.77%2.40%10.07%9.87%23.96%24.64%5.16%5.89%2.94%18.02%2.51%8.22%12.08%12.77%6.27%17.63%17.29%1.77%7.59%6.94%21.60%7.31%1.30%3.73%7.96%4.95%10.62%2.87%4.83%12.88%4.19%1.30%2.52%12.92%30.18%43.78%7.34%13.54%26.44%11.29%4.67%6.34%11.29%0.80%17.32%30.86%19.21%13.87%22.29%1.22%29.45%22.04%2.83%2.95%0.08%4.26%2.90%18.40%5.21%2.65%15.25%7.30%1.90%3.85%10.10%9.89%3.96%15.91%2.85%4.16%0.00%6.57%1.97%25.45%5.49%9.00%28.06%0.29%14.96%1.49%15.82%6.82%5.99%28.21%4.76%14.50%16.42%15.36%7.76%8.31%14.28%10.59%18.18%

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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