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Alternate Text: December 2022 Precipitation outlook. Blues over western US, and Ohio/Tennessee Valleys indicate where precipitation is favored to be above-average. Browns over southern plains, western Midwest, and Florida/Georgia/South Carolina indicate where precipitation is favored to be below-average
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December 2022 Precipitation outlook. Blues over western US, and Ohio/Tennessee Valleys indicate where precipitation is favored to be above-average. Browns over southern plains, western Midwest, and Florida/Georgia/South Carolina indicate where precipitation is favored to be below-average

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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 December 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 November are all equally likely. NOAA Climate.gov image, based on data from the Climate Prediction Center.