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The hills of the western part of the island receive a good deal more rain than the east end,<ref name=":5" /> with annual rainfall ranging from 50 inches per year in the northwest to 25-38 inches per year in the east.<ref name=":5" /> The west end has lush vegetation and palm trees, while the east end of the island is a dry desert range with a substantial amount of cactus.
August to November is the [[wet season]] in the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the remainder of the year as the [[dry season]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Virgin Islands |url=https://www.drought.gov/states/us-virgin-islands |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.drought.gov |publisher=National Integrated Drought Information System |language=en |publication-date=}}</ref> About 40% of the annual rainfall usually occurs from September to November.<ref name=":6" /> During the dry season, fairly severe and extended drought can be a problem for the island,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2024 |title=Drought Update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands |url=https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-update-puerto-rico-and-us-virgin-islands-2024-01-18 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.drought.gov |publisher=National Integrated Drought Information System |language=en}}</ref> particularly considering the scarcity of [[Fresh water|freshwater]] in the U.S. Virgin Islands.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lancellotti |first=Brittany V. |last2=Hensley |first2=David A. |date=2024 |title=The state of knowledge of freshwater resources in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Data scarcity and implications |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1752-1688.13241 |journal=JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association |language=en |volume=60 |issue=6 |pages=1270–1292 |doi=10.1111/1752-1688.13241 |issn=1752-1688|doi-access=free }}</ref> St. Croix has a [[desalination]] plant,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Water |url=https://cgtc-usvi.org/water |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Caribbean Green Technology Center |language=en-US}}</ref> but most residential homes and businesses have built-in [[cistern]]s used to collect rainwater.<ref name=":6" />
==Demographics==
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