Precipitation Accumulation Differences between 2002 and 2003

  • Released Thursday, October 2, 2003
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The East Coast droughts of 2002 and the high amounts of rainfall in 2003 have yielded large differences in our accumulated precipitation amounts between those two years.

This image shows the differences in rainfall accumulation across the United States between 2002 and 2003. Areas of blue indicate regions with high amounts of rainfall, and areas of red indicate areas with lower amounts of rainfall.

This image shows the differences in rainfall accumulation across the United States between 2002 and 2003. Areas of blue indicate regions with high amounts of rainfall, and areas of red indicate areas with lower amounts of rainfall.

Colorbar indicating the differing amounts of rainfall (in inches) that occurred in 2003 opposed to 2002.

Colorbar indicating the differing amounts of rainfall (in inches) that occurred in 2003 opposed to 2002.

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Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Thursday, October 2, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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