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Alternate Text: January 2023 precipitation outlook. Blues over western US, Great Lakes, northern Plains and Tennessee Valley indicate where odds favor a wetter than average month. Browns over southern Texas indicates where odds favor a drier than average month.
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January 2023 precipitation outlook. Blues over western US, Great Lakes, northern Plains and Tennessee Valley indicate where odds favor a wetter than average month. Browns over southern Texas indicates where odds favor a drier than average month.

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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 January 2023. 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.