What is the easternmost desert in the US? (how much, gardens)

[iPwn]

My guess would be either somewhere in Texas or maybe the badlands of the Dakotas?

[Verseau]

Well, there is the "desert of Maine," but I'm not sure that entirely counts.

[iPwn]

Originally Posted by Verseau

Well, there is the "desert of Maine," but I'm not sure that entirely counts.

Haha, not so much. :P

The Red River valley could technically be considered semi-arid, as it gets less than 20 inches of precipitation, but right now with the flooding I don't think they would agree with you there ...

[Trimac20]

Desert doesn't depend entirely on precipitation...but the climatic definition is anywhere receiving less than 10"/250 mm. By the looks of that map it looks like a few spots of far Western Texas, just east of El Paso, get less than 10 inches.

http://forages.oregonstate.edu/projects/regrowth/images/us_precip.gif (broken link)

[Djames9]

what an absolutely great description of annual precepitation awesome map ... i love maps

[jtur88]

Interestingly, Northern Michigan is the only place that gets less rain than places to the west of it (excluding areas that are highly influenced by mountain ranges). This, in fact, does have a severe impact on agriculture in Michigan, where people have to do an enormous amount of watering to maintain kitchen gardens.

[WILWRadio]

Probably Monica's Chocolates of Lubec, Maine.

[LINative]

Good map Trimac. It really shows how much rain the Pacific Northwest and even the Great Smokies get. Unless that big orange area in Eastern Colorado is a desert(?), does Texas win this one?

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

My guess would be either somewhere in Texas or maybe the badlands of the Dakotas?

I'd guess Iraq.












I kid. I kid.

[CleJ]

Nice map! Washinton and Oregon spanning almost the entire range, plenty to choose from I'd say!