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Map of Annual Precipitation in the United States

Total precipitation (rain plus melted snow) in a typical year, from the 1991-2020 NOAA climate normals. Higher means wetter.

Data updated 2020 - Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals

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environment

Native level

County

Unit

Inches per year

Vintage

1991-2020

States ranked by annual precipitation

52 states with data (1991-2020). Top 10 highest and bottom 10 lowest.

Top 10 states by annual precipitation
RankStateValue
1Puerto Rico69.3
2Louisiana62.4
3Mississippi61.0
4Washington60.6
5Alabama58.3
6Florida57.7
7Tennessee54.9
8Georgia52.6
9Rhode Island51.4
10Arkansas51.2
Bottom 10 states by annual precipitation
RankStateValue
52Nevada5.3
51Arizona10.3
50New Mexico13.0
49Wyoming14.3
48Idaho16.8
47Colorado16.9
46Utah19.2
45California20.4
44North Dakota20.5
43Montana22.5

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hearthmap renders annual precipitation as a choropleth map of the United States. Zoom in to see county values shaded against the rest of the country, and click any region to see its exact value with margin of error.

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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals · 1991-2020

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