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

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December
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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13.65%0.00%3.45%1.80%0.00%0.00%14.00%16.47%0.48%0.00%9.61%14.99%4.10%2.76%21.72%0.00%23.67%3.26%24.86%12.75%2.46%8.86%9.96%19.16%0.00%4.68%11.95%4.34%19.58%11.34%2.18%14.88%9.63%0.00%6.10%0.36%23.20%15.18%14.67%0.71%3.61%12.17%8.22%1.24%1.12%20.27%12.60%14.15%8.40%6.83%9.62%0.78%4.65%5.37%4.18%1.38%25.53%3.33%9.33%0.33%17.06%1.12%5.77%1.97%7.62%12.47%6.22%0.00%0.45%21.07%15.61%9.03%20.80%13.78%10.96%0.00%17.20%15.41%20.48%0.58%2.38%1.47%17.15%16.06%2.12%2.86%7.80%34.77%26.17%26.16%1.41%8.19%16.24%2.02%4.92%14.88%21.60%10.06%1.85%4.84%2.63%27.72%15.95%1.89%2.38%0.90%3.46%12.35%6.35%5.37%9.08%16.16%29.13%24.43%25.60%23.36%13.76%9.88%
8.75%26.38%2.49%12.18%2.23%18.81%5.38%1.45%19.75%3.63%20.03%0.36%2.85%16.68%2.08%7.18%1.12%13.98%18.01%10.90%1.00%7.72%41.94%3.56%11.92%3.67%5.76%17.51%1.96%0.75%12.80%2.29%0.65%10.17%17.34%36.80%4.11%4.78%8.95%4.42%9.21%0.37%3.21%7.05%7.63%1.88%1.60%2.07%24.33%13.27%5.17%9.68%6.52%4.33%3.52%30.53%5.19%4.59%4.59%16.18%33.09%13.23%12.64%40.12%11.43%12.76%0.08%14.06%21.92%1.50%14.91%3.90%0.20%0.84%2.80%10.97%2.81%1.17%9.49%2.14%3.08%45.48%7.32%2.44%15.74%26.73%19.56%1.42%1.17%6.38%14.30%24.00%2.57%11.70%36.76%4.68%9.46%1.53%4.77%4.59%6.03%12.91%8.48%9.92%15.96%11.37%11.56%10.13%7.51%8.10%20.26%1.99%2.89%5.25%2.01%11.30%12.31%2.70%

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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