US Counties With the Highest Yearly Precipitation

3,143 US counties ranked by yearly precipitation, from highest to lowest. First are Yakutat City and Borough, AK (213), Petersburg Borough, AK (205) and Juneau City and Borough, AK (204). The middle one of the 3,143 has 37.3.

What this measures

Rain plus melted snow and ice over the year, in inches, averaged across the whole county or state. It is the total of the twelve months, from NOAA's map of weather station readings. Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

Rank	County	inches
1	Yakutat City and Borough, AK	213
2	Petersburg Borough, AK	205
3	Juneau City and Borough, AK	204
4	Sitka City and Borough, AK	192
5	Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK	190
6	Chugach Census Area, AK	183
7	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK	167
8	Wrangell City and Borough, AK	159
9	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK	135
10	Haines Borough, AK	115
11	Skagway Municipality, AK	103
12	Jefferson County, WA	95.9
13	Tillamook County, OR	93.9
14	Kauai County, HI	91.9
15	Lincoln County, OR	82.9
16	Skamania County, WA	82.5
17	Mason County, WA	82.1
18	Curry County, OR	81.6
19	Grays Harbor County, WA	78.1
20	Broward County, FL	77
21	Anchorage Municipality, AK	74.6
22	Clatsop County, OR	74.5
23	Del Norte County, CA	73.6
24	Pacific County, WA	72.2
25	Cowlitz County, WA	71.8
26	Clallam County, WA	71.7
27	Miami-Dade County, FL	70
28	Bamberg County, SC	69.1
29	Pike County, AR	68.9
30	Snohomish County, WA	68.8
31	Taylor County, FL	67.3
32	Barnwell County, SC	67.1
33	Lafayette County, FL	67
34	Howard County, AR	66.2
35	Wahkiakum County, WA	66.2
36	Humboldt County, CA	65.7
37	Capitol Planning Region, CT	65.4
38	Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT	65.3
39	Montgomery County, AR	65
40	Madison County, FL	64
41	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT	63.8
42	Sevier County, AR	63.7
43	Coos County, OR	63.2
44	Pierce County, GA	63
45	Carroll County, NH	62.9
46	Lewis County, WA	62.8
47	Allendale County, SC	62.7
48	Trinity County, CA	62.6
49	White County, GA	62.6
50	St. Lucie County, FL	62.5
51	Polk County, AR	62.5
52	Clark County, WA	62.4
53	Bacon County, GA	62.3
54	Suwannee County, FL	62
55	Carteret County, NC	61.9
56	South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT	61.9
57	Putnam County, NY	61.8
58	Dixie County, FL	61.6
59	Lumpkin County, GA	61.5
60	Polk County, OR	61.5
61	Providence County, RI	61.5
62	Hempstead County, AR	61.4
63	Martin County, FL	61.4
64	York County, ME	61.2
65	Hampden County, MA	61.2
66	Gulf County, FL	61.2
67	Strafford County, NH	61.2
68	Androscoggin County, ME	61.1
69	Franklin County, FL	61
70	Knox County, ME	61
71	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT	61
72	Ware County, GA	60.9
73	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	60.9
74	Palm Beach County, FL	60.5
75	Hawaii County, HI	60.4
76	Brantley County, GA	60.4
77	Little River County, AR	60.4
78	Orangeburg County, SC	60.3
79	Appling County, GA	60.1
80	Clackamas County, OR	60.1
81	Rockland County, NY	60
82	Rockingham County, NH	60
83	Worcester County, MA	59.9
84	Wakulla County, FL	59.9
85	Gilmer County, GA	59.9
86	Hampshire County, MA	59.7
87	Franklin County, ME	59.6
88	Cumberland County, ME	59.6
89	Middlesex County, MA	59.6
90	Union County, GA	59.5
91	Windham County, VT	59.5
92	Sagadahoc County, ME	59.4
93	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	59.2
94	Skagit County, WA	59.2
95	Jefferson County, FL	59.2
96	Washington County, AL	59.1
97	New Hanover County, NC	59
98	Liberty County, FL	58.9
99	Franklin County, MA	58.9
100	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT	58.8

Every state, highest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	inches
1	Connecticut	61.5
2	Hawaii	59
3	Massachusetts	57.7
4	Rhode Island	57.1
5	New Hampshire	56.3
6	Florida	54.5
7	Maine	54.1
8	Vermont	53.3
9	Arkansas	52.3
10	Georgia	52
11	South Carolina	51.6
12	Alabama	51.1
13	New Jersey	50.5
14	North Carolina	48.8
15	Tennessee	48.8
16	Mississippi	47.7
17	New York	46.9
18	Delaware	44.2
19	Kentucky	44.1
20	Louisiana	43.7
21	Pennsylvania	43
22	Alaska	42.3
23	Virginia	41.4
24	West Virginia	40.1
25	Maryland	38.1
26	Ohio	37.8
27	Indiana	37
28	Oklahoma	36.9
29	Washington	35.8
30	Missouri	35.8
31	Illinois	34.6
32	Michigan	33.4
33	Wisconsin	30.1
34	Oregon	28.8
35	California	27.4
36	Iowa	26.9
37	Kansas	25.6
38	Nebraska	24.8
39	Minnesota	24.2
40	Texas	24
41	South Dakota	23.3
42	Idaho	22.1
43	Colorado	19.1
44	Wyoming	18.9
45	Montana	18.4
46	North Dakota	17.4
47	Utah	15
48	Nevada	12.9
49	Arizona	11
50	New Mexico	10.9

More on yearly precipitation

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