# Annual precipitation in Alaska

Annual precipitation in Alaska was 39.14 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-02`
- Unit: inches
- Definition: Total precipitation from January to December, in inches: rain plus the water content of snow and other frozen precipitation. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.
- Note: Values are area averages, not the reading at one weather station. NOAA revises the last two years every month.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/50/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/noaa-ncei
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US government work); NCEI asks users to cite the nClimDiv dataset
- Citation: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/50/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/alaska
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-state-02

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 39.14 |
| 2024 | 37.57 |
| 2023 | 42.34 |
| 2022 | 42.99 |
| 2021 | 38.68 |
| 2020 | 37.94 |
| 2019 | 38 |
| 2018 | 37.9 |
| 2017 | 38.06 |
| 2016 | 37.07 |
| 2015 | 40.1 |
| 2014 | 36.75 |
| 2013 | 40.81 |
| 2012 | 37.28 |
| 2011 | 38.74 |
| 2010 | 33.85 |
| 2009 | 35.21 |
| 2008 | 37.09 |
| 2007 | 34.09 |
| 2006 | 38.71 |
| 2005 | 40.36 |
| 2004 | 38.74 |
| 2003 | 39 |
| 2002 | 40.52 |
| 2001 | 37.5 |
| 2000 | 40.08 |
| 1999 | 40.29 |
| 1998 | 36.54 |
| 1997 | 35.81 |
| 1996 | 31.64 |
| 1995 | 31.29 |
| 1994 | 39.17 |
| 1993 | 39.25 |
| 1992 | 38.54 |
| 1991 | 38.7 |
| 1990 | 39.07 |
| 1989 | 37.52 |
| 1988 | 38.17 |
| 1987 | 39.37 |
| 1986 | 37.7 |
| 1985 | 39.7 |
| 1984 | 33.03 |
| 1983 | 31.95 |
| 1982 | 35.07 |
| 1981 | 40.29 |
| 1980 | 38.48 |
| 1979 | 37.26 |
| 1978 | 34.85 |
| 1977 | 35.14 |
| 1976 | 36.63 |
| 1975 | 33.22 |
| 1974 | 33.22 |
| 1973 | 31.7 |
| 1972 | 31.32 |
| 1971 | 36.28 |
| 1970 | 36.26 |
| 1969 | 29.44 |
| 1968 | 29.43 |
| 1967 | 39.07 |
| 1966 | 33.79 |
| 1965 | 38.04 |
| 1964 | 35.71 |
| 1963 | 39.96 |
| 1962 | 35.39 |
| 1961 | 41.09 |
| 1960 | 37.81 |
| 1959 | 35.29 |
| 1958 | 36.12 |
| 1957 | 31.65 |
| 1956 | 35.59 |
| 1955 | 38.33 |
| 1954 | 33.84 |
| 1953 | 34.09 |
| 1952 | 37.38 |
| 1951 | 35.25 |
| 1950 | 28.62 |
| 1949 | 38.35 |
| 1948 | 37.3 |
| 1947 | 37.76 |
| 1946 | 36.49 |
| 1945 | 38.5 |
| 1944 | 39.62 |
| 1943 | 42.7 |
| 1942 | 34.94 |
| 1941 | 34.22 |
| 1940 | 35.31 |
| 1939 | 40.53 |
| 1938 | 42.04 |
| 1937 | 35.35 |
| 1936 | 38.58 |
| 1935 | 40.76 |
| 1934 | 34.31 |
| 1933 | 30.82 |
| 1932 | 37.91 |
| 1931 | 38.91 |
| 1930 | 41.6 |
| 1929 | 43.47 |
| 1928 | 43.54 |
| 1927 | 34.29 |
| 1926 | 37.59 |
| 1925 | 40.98 |