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

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National Climatic Data Center



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May
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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7.84%23.37%6.27%27.24%1.95%6.09%7.06%12.22%9.93%0.95%14.59%24.45%11.77%28.58%5.89%0.00%5.74%13.84%3.32%10.31%28.30%1.35%18.37%5.27%3.00%0.56%9.65%4.44%10.75%3.10%4.17%0.25%14.90%4.07%20.16%15.57%2.76%1.34%12.37%4.20%22.80%5.43%4.55%10.01%0.95%3.34%16.26%21.10%10.78%8.04%11.36%14.48%12.44%8.86%8.27%5.39%4.63%0.17%16.96%2.11%6.63%4.97%42.42%1.82%8.86%9.10%7.68%18.72%1.80%2.36%13.30%4.35%3.91%7.01%4.64%7.77%11.07%8.93%10.13%10.05%8.62%10.68%15.03%11.56%13.19%17.84%19.38%20.41%12.11%13.58%1.97%2.60%18.66%1.75%11.39%21.15%18.83%12.57%9.10%5.02%32.62%22.02%3.40%17.60%7.19%4.45%7.21%6.98%13.77%20.17%16.86%3.56%17.28%10.79%17.04%12.17%21.17%6.11%
5.40%18.12%22.11%8.70%17.32%12.50%12.37%3.43%15.21%4.90%3.21%7.17%0.77%0.32%9.03%13.12%30.67%6.44%9.44%15.31%1.77%3.22%5.69%7.85%2.14%6.88%11.71%0.15%7.73%27.90%19.31%10.20%18.27%16.07%12.87%4.64%14.53%13.65%2.79%45.72%7.43%26.06%14.71%3.43%18.54%20.71%20.24%15.01%4.89%3.64%18.17%1.77%6.42%12.45%4.73%10.96%13.56%8.10%7.70%8.77%4.47%5.16%1.09%9.23%4.92%5.95%9.59%20.77%17.76%12.22%15.49%24.12%8.34%1.78%10.42%16.57%5.85%4.27%7.15%21.45%4.21%10.29%13.81%3.55%2.00%10.56%2.50%7.52%2.62%13.27%4.85%6.80%4.14%23.63%5.30%1.73%4.88%25.40%6.25%10.94%1.13%14.26%6.21%24.97%4.48%18.75%15.53%19.85%6.09%14.97%10.83%12.73%19.72%6.42%9.83%4.88%16.22%19.96%

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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