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   "why": "no complete NOAA statewide climate series - listed unranked rather than reweighted"
  },
  {
   "abbr": "DC",
   "name": "District of Columbia",
   "why": "no complete NOAA statewide climate series - listed unranked rather than reweighted"
  },
  {
   "abbr": "HI",
   "name": "Hawaii",
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