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 ...

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 ...

The country, like most of the world, is becoming both drier and wetter in the era of climate change. It depends where you live. Change in annual average precipitation, in inches In the last 30 ...