What is the dryest place in the US?

Answer 1

Death Valley, CA David Bara, Masterman Middle School

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Driest, as in rainfall, not overall Humidity? That's credited to Yuma, AZ

Top 10 of weather data compiled here: http://web2.airmail.net/danb1/usrecords.htm

(That website's chart data sources:: The National Climatic Data Center, Riskmeter Online, Hurricane City, Weatherpages.com, National Lung Association, Sperling's Best Places)

-Brent Spear

Answer 2

The driest place in the US is typically considered to be Death Valley, located in California. It holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth and receives very little rainfall annually.

Answer 3

Probably Lima,Peru Is The Driest Capital In The World.It Lies In The Atacama Desert Which Is known To be The Driest place On earth.Average rainfall In Lima is Only 7mm Per Year(0.3 in)!

Answer 4

Death Valley, CA
The hottest place in the united states is Death Valley, in California. In 1913, it hit 134 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat, obviously, leads to a lack of moisture, too, so Death Valley is also very dry.

Answer 5

The Mojave Desert is the driest region in the United States.

Answer 6

Maybe Chile because the atacama desert is driest place in the world

Answer 7

The ten driest states in America are Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, Idaho, and South Dakota. All of these states are western and mountainous.

Answer 8

Using a method to determine statewide averages of observed precipitation developed by the National Climatic Data Center, Nevada receives less rain per unit area than any other state.

Answer 9

Arguably and sometimes scientifically, Steamboat Springs, CO.

Answer 10

1. Nevada 2. Utah