Much of the United States has experienced significantly below average or above average rainfall; very few places are on par with long-term average precipitation amounts, as shown in the map above ...

Annual Precipitation: 59 inches (1,499 millimeters) The United States Drought Monitor map was created in 2000. The state of Mississippi was completely drought-free approximately 48% of the time ...

The new map is based on 30-year averages of the lowest annual winter ... planthardiness.ars.usda.gov and click on Ohio on the interactive map of the United States. ... Climate is the term used ...