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

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National Climatic Data Center



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April
Very Wet:
Very Dry:
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3.13%18.41%3.87%0.00%1.07%37.12%8.89%0.00%0.00%2.45%26.89%8.50%2.47%12.86%5.33%0.63%9.77%10.31%0.73%8.46%26.31%3.67%6.74%6.40%6.19%17.99%7.96%17.15%8.19%4.39%2.62%17.14%20.33%11.46%9.17%0.24%11.09%2.55%9.15%0.74%13.29%3.25%15.09%9.76%2.93%12.96%34.90%23.02%3.46%23.07%14.79%0.73%14.76%9.20%5.06%1.47%7.20%11.32%6.28%6.67%6.79%2.28%24.57%14.52%1.60%2.62%6.27%0.40%14.42%18.81%16.25%7.54%15.81%7.49%6.85%12.35%5.55%5.35%21.95%3.07%9.04%11.97%9.22%17.50%10.98%4.13%9.25%7.84%19.09%13.60%9.76%13.19%5.67%13.02%5.27%6.71%18.92%3.90%13.68%11.64%10.23%10.96%16.46%7.86%29.83%6.58%8.10%4.02%14.64%18.49%12.26%12.06%7.33%11.50%11.49%13.66%24.34%4.13%
13.71%14.23%5.87%5.10%21.96%11.17%5.32%8.60%10.46%10.58%7.33%13.70%5.86%7.10%23.31%8.66%4.11%0.00%2.52%1.52%25.54%5.70%2.32%7.81%0.25%4.51%2.34%2.01%1.19%15.73%13.07%19.94%9.06%7.34%1.60%14.33%10.96%7.76%6.79%21.12%5.98%13.48%10.01%3.26%11.11%0.10%6.29%15.01%7.60%2.01%1.29%24.79%4.88%6.68%22.98%11.13%3.90%13.70%0.16%13.00%9.39%10.91%1.33%0.23%11.73%11.28%12.44%18.37%13.92%3.01%8.60%14.31%9.81%5.37%3.87%3.28%15.31%12.49%3.94%1.00%3.62%15.96%27.51%7.07%6.67%8.16%13.77%8.27%7.86%8.38%20.96%14.30%39.35%8.77%27.74%1.46%12.81%14.86%8.36%1.86%4.80%11.26%8.91%9.97%7.08%6.28%16.66%10.51%7.57%7.47%7.79%3.76%1.22%20.72%2.41%8.10%10.03%10.15%

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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