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 | Major Karst Regions | 240–259 | 220–239 | 200–219 | 180–199 | 160–179 | 140–159 | 120–139 | 100–119 | 80–99 | Less than 80 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 28.4% | 69.2% | 2.23% | |||||||||
Arizona | 6.12% | 44.2% | 33.7% | 22.1% | ||||||||
Utah | 16.5% | 70.0% | 8.89% | 2.63% | ||||||||
Yukon | 2.27% | 100% | ||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 1.44% | 2.63% | 82.4% | 14.9% | ||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||
Florida | 42.1% | 32.7% | 67.3% | |||||||||
Idaho | 0.527% | 78.1% | 21.9% | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 100% | |||||||||||
Vermont | 100% | |||||||||||
Washington | 1.22% | 98.8% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 4.22% | 12.4% | 87.6% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 3.79% | 1.36% | 33.1% | 65.5% | ||||||||
Montana | 14.7% | 85.3% | ||||||||||
Maine | 1.04% | 99.8% | 0.153% | |||||||||
North Dakota | 18.3% | 100% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 7.06% | 46.4% | 53.6% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 45.5% | 52.4% | 47.6% | |||||||||
Virginia | 17.5% | 2.49% | 97.5% | |||||||||
Delaware | 100% | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | |||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 42.7% | 57.2% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 5.48% | 82.1% | 17.9% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 27.1% | 99.2% | 0.827% | |||||||||
Nebraska | 5.07% | 9.53% | 90.5% | |||||||||
Texas | 0.625% | 5.26% | 58.9% | 35.9% | ||||||||
Missouri | 0.407% | 66.4% | 33.6% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 26.8% | 73.2% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 2.67% | 97.3% | ||||||||||
North Carolina | 13.2% | 73.0% | 27.0% | |||||||||
Oregon | 96.3% | 3.75% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 7.07% | 47.2% | 52.8% | |||||||||
Alabama | 6.35% | 66.2% | 33.8% | |||||||||
New Mexico | 29.5% | 15.5% | 33.9% | 49.1% | ||||||||
Kansas | 2.31% | 5.90% | 91.6% | 2.46% | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 31.1% | 100% | ||||||||||
British Columbia | 1 | 21.7% | 31.5% | 46.8% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9.36% | 29.5% | 69.1% | 1.36% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 51.6% | 48.4% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 100% | |||||||||||
Michigan | 8.03% | 100% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 4.20% | 29.7% | 53.1% | 17.2% | ||||||||
Connecticut | 100% | |||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 14.8% | 19.4% | 80.6% | |||||||||
Colorado | 48.1% | 51.6% | 0.332% | |||||||||
Nevada | 4.77% | 1.58% | 63.4% | 31.2% | 3.86% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 0.220% | 99.8% | ||||||||||
Georgia | 38.3% | 48.3% | 51.7% | |||||||||
New York | 1.63% | 100% | ||||||||||
Maryland | 0.239% | 100% | ||||||||||
Québec | 1 | 2.89% | 10.4% | 38.5% | 41.0% | 10.1% | ||||||
Manitoba | 13.2% | 26.0% | 66.7% | 7.35% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 4.68% | 82.2% | 17.8% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 4.04% | 100% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 5.81% | 30.4% | 56.0% | 13.7% | ||||||||
California | 2.69% | 22.7% | 49.4% | 19.9% | 5.25% | |||||||
Arkansas | 17.2% | 50.1% | 49.9% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 50.1% | 49.9% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 51.6% | 48.4% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 33.8% | 0.561% | 79.2% | 20.2% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 16.9% | 99.9% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 0.441% | 77.7% | 22.3% | |||||||||
Illinois | 16.2% | 11.8% | 73.8% | 14.4% | ||||||||
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