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Alternate Text: October 2022 Precipitation Outlook. Blues over Mid-Atlantic and Front Range in Colorado indicate wetter than average conditions are forecast. Brown over central US indicate a drier than average month is favored.
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October 2022 Precipitation Outlook. Blues over Mid-Atlantic and Front Range in Colorado indicate wetter than average conditions are forecast. Brown over central US indicate a drier than average month is favored.

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Map of the contiguous United States (view Alaska) showing which of three precipitation outcomes—much wetter than average (green), average, or much drier than average (brown)—is most likely for the month of October 2022. Darker colors mean greater chances, not how far above or below average precipitation is likely to be. White does not mean "average." It means a wet, dry, or near-average October are all equally likely. NOAA Climate.gov image, based on data from the Climate Prediction Center.