COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Back to the Basics: Precipitation Patterns
Description: The tables in this article list the ten wettest and ten driest locations in the United States. These are annual normals, or what would be expected in the mythical "average" year. It's no accident that all of the stations on the "ten wettest" list are within a few miles of some pretty substantial summits: mountains play a huge role in local precipitation. Learn more about basic precipitation patterns in this news article. [Source: NOAA Climate.gov]
URL: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/back-basics-precipitation-patterns
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Source: NOAA Climate.gov
Publish Date: 10/19/2016
Reading Level: Basic
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