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Annual precipitation in Anchorage Municipality

Annual precipitation in Anchorage Municipality was 72.93 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is up 11.2% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 30 counties in 2025.

2025, inches72.93
Change on 2024+11.2%
Rank12th of 30Counties in Alaska ranked
Series high90.11981
Series low40.341950

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Annual precipitation in Anchorage Municipality, 1950 to 2025

405060708090100195019611972198319942005201620251950: 40.34 inches1951: 60.61 inches1952: 75.32 inches1953: 57.87 inches1954: 56.37 inches1955: 72.06 inches1956: 60.93 inches1957: 57.75 inches1958: 62.66 inches1959: 76.39 inches1960: 65.48 inches1961: 82.28 inches1962: 58.55 inches1963: 75 inches1964: 70.15 inches1965: 64.58 inches1966: 64.29 inches1967: 85.16 inches1968: 56.06 inches1969: 59.81 inches1970: 58.35 inches1971: 68.02 inches1972: 54.24 inches1973: 48.79 inches1974: 58.27 inches1975: 60.37 inches1976: 70.17 inches1977: 70.85 inches1978: 62.75 inches1979: 84.69 inches1980: 84.4 inches1981: 90.1 inches1982: 63.02 inches1983: 56.1 inches1984: 62.36 inches1985: 66.73 inches1986: 76.61 inches1987: 84.95 inches1988: 77.12 inches1989: 76.98 inches1990: 63.78 inches1991: 69.65 inches1992: 67.53 inches1993: 70.95 inches1994: 63.56 inches1995: 68.1 inches1996: 45.35 inches1997: 66.05 inches1998: 72.56 inches1999: 74.14 inches2000: 71.08 inches2001: 74.79 inches2002: 77.98 inches2003: 67.16 inches2004: 67.03 inches2005: 70.19 inches2006: 73.52 inches2007: 66.28 inches2008: 70.87 inches2009: 57.91 inches2010: 66.34 inches2011: 78.77 inches2012: 74.24 inches2013: 74.33 inches2014: 68.7 inches2015: 65.5 inches2016: 65.55 inches2017: 65.29 inches2018: 75.8 inches2019: 64.68 inches2020: 60.82 inches2021: 64.74 inches2022: 77.48 inches2023: 74.63 inches2024: 65.61 inches2025: 72.93 inches40608010019501976200220252025: 72.93 inches
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-06.
All 76 values
Periodinches
202572.93
202465.61
202374.63
202277.48
202164.74
202060.82
201964.68
201875.8
201765.29
201665.55
201565.5
201468.7
201374.33
201274.24
201178.77
201066.34
200957.91
200870.87
200766.28
200673.52
200570.19
200467.03
200367.16
200277.98
200174.79
200071.08
199974.14
199872.56
199766.05
199645.35
199568.1
199463.56
199370.95
199267.53
199169.65
199063.78
198976.98
198877.12
198784.95
198676.61
198566.73
198462.36
198356.1
198263.02
198190.1
198084.4
197984.69
197862.75
197770.85
197670.17
197560.37
197458.27
197348.79
197254.24
197168.02
197058.35
196959.81
196856.06
196785.16
196664.29
196564.58
196470.15
196375
196258.55
196182.28
196065.48
195976.39
195862.66
195757.75
195660.93
195572.06
195456.37
195357.87
195275.32
195160.61
195040.34

Compared with Alaska and United States

Place2025
Anchorage Municipality72.93
Alaska39.14
United States29.26

Anchorage Municipality compared with nearby places

Aleutians East Borough: 52.07 inchesAleutians West Census Area: 52.43 inchesAnchorage Municipality: 72.93 inchesBethel Census Area: 21.03 inchesBristol Bay Borough: 25.71 inchesChugach Census Area: 162.48 inchesCopper River Census Area: 45.92 inchesDenali Borough: 25.44 inchesDillingham Census Area: 37.01 inchesFairbanks North Star Borough: 19.27 inchesHaines Borough: 99.19 inchesHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 152.71 inchesJuneau City and Borough: 190.45 inchesKenai Peninsula Borough: 58.41 inchesKetchikan Gateway Borough: 163.49 inchesKodiak Island Borough: 62.34 inchesKusilvak Census Area: 19.57 inchesLake and Peninsula Borough: 37.93 inchesMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 36.21 inchesNome Census Area: 17.8 inchesNorth Slope Borough: 15.72 inchesNorthwest Arctic Borough: 19.5 inchesPetersburg Borough: 205.9 inchesPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 118.16 inchesSitka City and Borough: 172.41 inchesSkagway Municipality: 79.92 inchesSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 19.57 inchesWrangell City and Borough: 143.6 inchesYakutat City and Borough: 194.77 inchesYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 17.09 inches
  • Under 20
  • 20 to 33
  • 33 to 52
  • 52 to 86
  • 86 to 160
  • 160 and over
Annual precipitation, 2025, inches. Anchorage Municipality is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

Values are area averages, not the reading at one weather station. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. 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/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (Annual precipitation, Anchorage Municipality, 1950 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Annual precipitation, Anchorage Municipality, 1950 to 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/anchorage-municipality-alaska. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Annual precipitation, Anchorage Municipality, 1950 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/anchorage-municipality-alaska.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Annual precipitation, Anchorage Municipality, 1950 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/anchorage-municipality-alaska (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Annual precipitation, Anchorage Municipality, 1950 to 2025}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the annual precipitation in Anchorage Municipality?

Annual precipitation in Anchorage Municipality was 72.93 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is up 11.2% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 30 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest annual precipitation in Anchorage Municipality?

90.1 inches in 1981, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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