Montana

North Dakota

Saskatchewan

Nebraska

Missouri

Kansas

Wisconsin

Michigan

Alberta

Manitoba

South Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

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A map showing selected ethnic and cultural regions in North America. Red dots indicate rural ethnic European settlements, primarily located in the Midwestern United States and parts of Canada, with clusters around the Great Lakes and the Dakotas.

Contemporary rural ethnic European settlements in North America

Rural Ethnic European Settlements

North America

nature

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Wyoming

Nunavut

Maine

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Mississippi

West Virginia

Texas

Louisiana

Hawaii

North Carolina

Oregon

New Brunswick

Alabama

New Mexico

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Jersey

South Carolina

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

Québec

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ontario

California

Arkansas

Ohio

Indiana

A world map illustrates seasonal precipitation from April to September across different regions globally, measured in inches.

Average precipitation between April 1 and September 30

Seasonal Precipitation, April to September

Areas with the least seasonal precipitation, April to September, ranging from 0 to 5 inches, are marked in the lightest blue. Regions include the Arctic areas of Canada (Northern Yukon, Northwest Territories), Greenland, the western United States (Nevada, Western Utah), parts of Mexico (Baja California), central Asia (Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia), the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Yemen), northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt), and interior regions of Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia).Regions with 5 to 10 inches of precipitation, shown in light blue, cover central Canada (British Columbia, Northern Alberta), parts of the western United States (Colorado, Wyoming, Western Kansas), central Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland), parts of northern Asia (Eastern Kazakhstan, Northern China), and eastern regions of Australia (New South Wales).Areas receiving 10 to 20 inches, highlighted in medium blue, include the central United States (Iowa, Missouri, Illinois), parts of northern South America (Venezuela, Northern Brazil), northern Europe (United Kingdom, Denmark), eastern Europe (Poland, Belarus), parts of Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan), and northern regions of Africa (Tunisia, Libya).Regions with 20 to 40 inches, marked in blue, span the southeastern United States (Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia), central South America (Bolivia, Paraguay), central Africa (Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo), western Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland), parts of South Asia (India, Nepal), and southeastern Australia (Victoria, Tasmania).Darker blue areas, indicating 40 to 80 inches of precipitation, include the Pacific Northwest of the United States (Washington, Oregon), the Andean regions of South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), parts of Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), and the island of New Guinea.The highest precipitation, over 80 inches, represented in darkest blue, is found in the central America (Costa Rica), South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela), parts of west Africa (Guinea, and Cameroon), parts of Asia (western coastal areas of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Western Philippines), and Papua New Guinea.

Display by:	Rural Ethnic European Settlements	Seasonal Precipitation, April to September
	Rural Ethnic European Settlements	0-5	5-10	10-20	20-40	40-80
Alaska		13.5%	44.9%	31.7%	4.93%
Arizona		27.8%	70.8%	1.40%
Utah		19.7%	80.3%
Yukon		1.73%	79.6%	16.9%	1.69%
Northwest Territories		23.4%	64.7%	8.79%
District of Columbia					100%
Florida					86.4%	10.2%
Idaho		6.16%	73.2%	20.6%
New Hampshire					100%
Rhode Island					100%
Vermont					100%
Washington		20.5%	31.6%	40.9%	5.77%
Wyoming			69.2%	30.8%
Nunavut		33.5%	53.8%	3.41%
Montana	1		21.7%	78.3%
Maine					98.4%
North Dakota	6			100%
Kentucky					100%
Nova Scotia					76.3%
Virginia					98.0%
Delaware					99.2%
Saskatchewan	7		12.0%	88.0%
Mississippi					99.9%
West Virginia					100%
Nebraska	3			76.5%	23.5%
Texas			5.18%	70.3%	24.2%
Missouri	1				100%
Louisiana					97.7%
Hawaii					41.5%
North Carolina					99.2%
Oregon		22.6%	52.1%	25.2%
New Brunswick					98.9%
Alabama					99.9%
New Mexico			49.3%	50.7%
Kansas	3			49.1%	50.9%
Wisconsin	7			5.33%	94.0%
British Columbia			6.58%	74.8%	16.1%	0.142%
Newfoundland and Labrador				41.1%	53.3%
New Jersey					99.8%
South Carolina					99.9%
Michigan	10			74.9%	19.2%
Alberta	4		11.5%	88.5%
Connecticut					99.9%
Pennsylvania					100%
Colorado			39.8%	60.2%
Nevada		59.6%	40.4%
Massachusetts					88.5%
Georgia					99.9%
New York				14.8%	82.5%
Maryland					98.7%
Québec			2.23%	49.6%	46.9%
Manitoba	6		0.241%	99.7%
Oklahoma				37.6%	62.4%
Tennessee					100%
Ontario				91.7%	7.15%
California		67.0%	31.4%
Arkansas					100%
South Dakota	3			100%
Ohio				0.563%	99.0%
Indiana					100%
Minnesota	7			50.3%	49.6%
Iowa	4			2.53%	97.5%
Illinois	2				100%