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Seasonal Precipitation, October to March

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Average precipitation between October 1 and March 31

Goode's World Atlas

A world map depicts seasonal precipitation from October to March across various regions globally, measured in inches.

Areas with the least precipitation, ranging from 0 to 5 inches, are marked in lightest blue and include much of northern Canada (Brooks Range, Victoria Island, Baffin Island), Greenland, the Arctic regions, and the western United States (Colorado Plateau, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Mexico), as well as central Asia (Iran, Pakistan, Part of India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen), parts of the Middle East, northern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Mauritania, Mali), and interior regions of Australia (South Australia, Perth).

Regions with 5 to 10 inches of precipitation, shown in light blue, cover parts of central Canada (Saskatchewan, Manitoba), parts of the central United States (Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico), central Europe (France, Germany, Poland, Belarus), northern Africa (Morocco, Tunisia), central Asia (Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan), southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana), and southern Australia (Victoria, Tasmania).

Areas receiving 10 to 20 inches, highlighted in medium blue, include the central United States (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma), parts of South America (central Brazil, parts of Argentina), northern Europe (United Kingdom, Denmark, southern Sweden), eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), the eastern parts of South Africa, western and southern China, northern India, and coastal regions of New Zealand.

Regions with 20 to 40 inches, marked in blue, cover the southeastern United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia), the Amazon Basin in South America, parts of central Africa (Congo, Zambia), western Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy), the Indian subcontinent (southern India, Bangladesh), and eastern Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).

Darker blue areas, indicating 40 to 80 inches of precipitation, include the Pacific Northwest of the United States (Washington, Oregon), parts of western South America (Andes regions in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Sri Lanka), parts of Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo), Malaysia, and the island of New Guinea.

The highest precipitation, over 80 inches, represented in darkest blue, is found in the Pacific Northwest of the United States (northern California, Oregon, Washington), parts of Southeast Asia (Malaysia, western Philippines), and Papua New Guinea.

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Seasonal Precipitation, October to March

0-5

5-10

10-20

20-40

40-80

Over 80

Alaska
59.8%22.0%7.45%4.62%0.963%
Arizona
25.2%69.8%5.03%
Utah
23.0%67.3%9.77%
Yukon
65.5%29.0%3.68%1.70%
Northwest Territories
71.5%25.5%
District of Columbia
100%
Florida
64.0%32.9%
Idaho
52.5%41.4%6.11%
New Hampshire
2.77%97.2%
Rhode Island
100%
Vermont
58.4%41.6%
Washington
23.6%26.8%11.9%32.6%3.07%
Wyoming
69.4%26.6%4.00%
Nunavut
81.5%9.83%0.241%
Montana
61.9%29.5%8.28%0.347%
Maine
98.4%
North Dakota
96.7%3.30%
Kentucky
4.86%95.1%
Nova Scotia
76.4%
Virginia
37.8%60.2%
Delaware
99.2%
Saskatchewan
39.3%60.7%
Mississippi
99.9%
West Virginia
52.8%47.2%
Nebraska
44.9%55.0%
Texas
23.0%35.3%28.6%12.8%
Missouri
1.36%81.1%17.6%
Louisiana
97.6%
Hawaii
41.5%
North Carolina
99.2%
Oregon
35.0%26.4%15.1%23.4%
New Brunswick
98.9%
Alabama
99.9%
New Mexico
65.5%34.5%
Kansas
19.3%56.7%24.1%
Wisconsin
54.3%44.7%
British Columbia
29.8%33.0%21.1%12.3%1.07%
Newfoundland and Labrador
0.195%56.0%37.9%
New Jersey
99.8%
South Carolina
2.95%96.8%
Michigan
92.9%
Alberta
26.4%66.5%5.95%1.16%
Connecticut
100%
Pennsylvania
84.4%15.6%
Colorado
46.3%43.1%10.6%
Nevada
27.1%68.9%3.64%0.361%
Massachusetts
88.6%
Georgia
3.54%96.2%
New York
69.4%27.1%
Maryland
46.7%52.0%
Québec
24.6%65.0%9.02%
Manitoba
2.65%97.3%
Oklahoma
6.35%31.0%53.5%9.10%
Tennessee
100%
Ontario
45.0%51.1%2.75%
California
18.0%12.8%29.6%32.0%6.24%
Arkansas
3.62%96.4%
South Dakota
74.9%25.1%
Ohio
99.4%
Indiana
77.3%22.7%
Minnesota
5.39%91.9%2.68%
Iowa
59.9%40.1%
Illinois
88.0%11.9%
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