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 | Caledonian and Hercynian (or Appalachian) remnants | Isolated volcanic areas | Alpine system | Sedimentary covers | Laurasian shields | Herder's Environment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 98.5% | ||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 93.3% | ||||||
Vermont | 92.0% | 8.01% | |||||
Kentucky | 100% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 93.9% | ||||||
Virginia | 69.9% | 29.1% | |||||
Delaware | 16.5% | 77.6% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 66.2% | ||||||
Mississippi | 99.9% | ||||||
West Virginia | 13.2% | 86.8% | |||||
Louisiana | 98.5% | ||||||
Hawaii | 76.7% | ||||||
North Carolina | 57.9% | 40.5% | |||||
Alabama | 31.4% | 68.5% | |||||
Wisconsin | 62.0% | 38.0% | |||||
New Jersey | 68.7% | 27.2% | |||||
South Carolina | 57.0% | 42.9% | |||||
Michigan | 87.8% | 12.2% | |||||
Connecticut | 100% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 26.2% | 73.8% | |||||
Massachusetts | 93.6% | ||||||
Georgia | 45.5% | 54.4% | |||||
New York | 43.3% | 55.9% | |||||
Maryland | 48.7% | 48.4% | |||||
Tennessee | 16.8% | 83.2% | |||||
California | 99.7% | ||||||
Arkansas | 11.0% | 89.0% | |||||
Ohio | 100% | ||||||
Indiana | 100% | ||||||
Illinois | 100% | ||||||
Alaska | 98.0% | 0.152% | |||||
Arizona | 100% | 20.9% | |||||
Utah | 100% | 84.5% | |||||
Yukon | 99.8% | 0.165% | 100% | ||||
Northwest Territories | 5.87% | 7.69% | 49.6% | 35.7% | 0.300% | ||
Idaho | 100% | 88.8% | |||||
Washington | 99.0% | 0.612% | |||||
Wyoming | 56.0% | 44.0% | 100% | ||||
Nunavut | 23.2% | 20.4% | 53.5% | 0.580% | |||
Montana | 37.5% | 62.5% | 100% | ||||
Maine | 99.1% | 11.9% | |||||
North Dakota | 96.7% | 3.34% | 33.5% | ||||
Saskatchewan | 58.9% | 41.1% | 100% | ||||
Nebraska | 100% | 99.5% | |||||
Texas | 6.01% | 93.7% | 39.6% | ||||
Missouri | 1.58% | 98.4% | 14.4% | ||||
Oregon | 99.9% | 3.11% | |||||
New Brunswick | 99.0% | 11.5% | |||||
New Mexico | 77.9% | 22.1% | 96.3% | ||||
Kansas | 100% | 98.4% | |||||
British Columbia | 1 | 94.9% | 4.13% | 0.210% | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.3% | 74.2% | 24.2% | ||||
Alberta | 6.99% | 87.8% | 5.22% | 100% | |||
Colorado | 64.2% | 35.8% | 100% | ||||
Nevada | 100% | 1.83% | |||||
Québec | 1 | 3.44% | 1.99% | 94.2% | 0.452% | ||
Manitoba | 30.3% | 69.6% | 99.9% | ||||
Oklahoma | 10.9% | 89.1% | 48.3% | ||||
Ontario | 30.7% | 69.2% | 77.4% | ||||
South Dakota | 8.10% | 79.3% | 12.6% | 27.8% | |||
Minnesota | 17.0% | 83.0% | 6.88% | ||||
Iowa | 99.0% | 1.02% | 29.4% | ||||
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