High Pressure
North AmericaPhysical EnvironmentA region where atmospheric pressure at the surface is greater than surrounding areas
NOAAA map highlights the high-pressure regions in North America with a letter H enclosed in a circle. Near Columbia Kootenay Mountain and, near Ottawa.
High Pressure | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | very high (>300) | high (100–300) | medium (20–100) | low (2–20) | very low (<2) | high (100–300) | medium (20–100) | low–very low (<20) | very high–high (>100) | medium–very low (<100) | |
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Alaska | 10.9% | 1.73% | 69.2% | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 2.82% | 3.38% | 7.86% | 26.1% | 30.0% | ||||||||
Utah | 2 | 19.0% | 13.5% | 4.33% | 52.4% | 8.18% | |||||||||
Yukon | 2.68% | 1.03% | 94.3% | ||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.393% | 14.9% | 20.5% | 0.340% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 31 | 6 | 67.8% | 3.90% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 0.187% | 2.97% | 8.14% | 5.84% | 27.5% | 16.7% | 38.6% | |||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 100% | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 95.4% | ||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 100% | |||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | 9.44% | 21.7% | 1.72% | 5.32% | 11.6% | 26.7% | 12.4% | |||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 9.28% | 70.8% | 0.149% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 1.56% | 18.2% | |||||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 1.96% | 56.5% | 4.73% | 1.30% | |||||||||
Maine | 99.6% | 0.281% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 25.0% | 35.7% | 38.6% | |||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 4.79% | 60.6% | 34.6% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 25.1% | 6.85% | |||||||||||||
Virginia | 28 | 8 | 25.5% | 28.7% | 45.7% | ||||||||||
Delaware | 3 | 97.7% | 1.87% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 98.8% | ||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 7.13% | 4.36% | 15.3% | 6.27% | 23.7% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 80.4% | 0.601% | 11.5% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 99.3% | 0.714% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 45.3% | 37.3% | 4.89% | 3.30% | ||||||||
Texas | 193 | 46 | 7 | 15.3% | 1.57% | 15.4% | 1.38% | 14.5% | 1.86% | 6.12% | |||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 5.80% | 47.7% | 11.5% | 24.4% | 9.83% | ||||||
Louisiana | 93 | 15 | 2 | 99.6% | |||||||||||
Hawaii | 7.83% | 2.03% | |||||||||||||
North Carolina | 54 | 12 | 38.6% | 0.266% | 54.6% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 4.58% | 2.26% | 3.46% | 4.92% | 49.2% | 17.6% | 0.416% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.131% | 55.2% | 0.167% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 52.2% | 32.1% | 10.6% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 9.01% | 8.20% | 2.38% | 17.5% | 42.2% | |||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 13.6% | 26.2% | 18.1% | 41.9% | |||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 42.1% | 16.2% | 35.1% | ||||||||||
British Columbia | 1 | 1 | 0.939% | 8.63% | 3.82% | 42.0% | 15.4% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 63.0% | 10.9% | |||||||||||||
New Jersey | 2 | 1 | 62.4% | 37.3% | |||||||||||
South Carolina | 46 | 15 | 1 | 62.7% | 37.3% | ||||||||||
Michigan | 20 | 3 | 26.5% | 66.0% | |||||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 11.4% | 3.76% | 18.2% | 32.1% | 8.32% | 2.17% | 3.59% | |||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 31 | 3 | 1.35% | 83.5% | 10.2% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 3.69% | 14.3% | 3.67% | 9.04% | 16.4% | 46.7% | |||||||
Nevada | 0.846% | 77.8% | 0.958% | 0.158% | 10.3% | ||||||||||
Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.204% | 98.0% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 50.4% | 4.39% | 36.4% | |||||||||
New York | 17 | 1 | 2.89% | 5.91% | 91.1% | ||||||||||
Maryland | 8 | 1 | 64.7% | 13.9% | 20.7% | ||||||||||
Québec | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0.272% | 70.7% | 19.6% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.61% | 4.56% | 6.78% | 4.33% | 51.3% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 9.60% | 2.65% | 7.80% | 23.7% | 54.6% | ||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 21.5% | 71.6% | 3.39% | |||||||||
Ontario | 46 | 1 | 13.7% | 8.23% | 4.40% | 59.7% | 1.73% | ||||||||
California | 3 | 1.53% | 8.91% | 2.60% | 8.90% | 3.94% | 0.295% | 0.750% | 14.0% | 3.26% | |||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 49.6% | 14.2% | 36.2% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 4.24% | 4.28% | 9.35% | 8.75% | 73.3% | |||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 88.6% | 3.31% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 65.5% | 0.222% | 12.0% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 60 | 11 | 4 | 7.33% | 24.3% | 29.3% | 39.1% | ||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 38.7% | 26.5% | 11.3% | 6.08% | |||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 0.557% | 94.5% | 0.407% |
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