# Annual precipitation in Barnes County

Annual precipitation in Barnes County was 22.14 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-38003`
- 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, counties (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping)
- 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, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/barnes-county-north-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-38003

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 22.14 |
| 2024 | 22.69 |
| 2023 | 21.19 |
| 2022 | 21.97 |
| 2021 | 19.67 |
| 2020 | 18.01 |
| 2019 | 28.81 |
| 2018 | 23.27 |
| 2017 | 15.8 |
| 2016 | 26.53 |
| 2015 | 20.53 |
| 2014 | 20.03 |
| 2013 | 20.48 |
| 2012 | 14.55 |
| 2011 | 22.19 |
| 2010 | 28.18 |
| 2009 | 21.09 |
| 2008 | 23.68 |
| 2007 | 23.83 |
| 2006 | 16.21 |
| 2005 | 22.07 |
| 2004 | 23.99 |
| 2003 | 18.56 |
| 2002 | 17.28 |
| 2001 | 21.77 |
| 2000 | 22.72 |
| 1999 | 21.57 |
| 1998 | 24.57 |
| 1997 | 20 |
| 1996 | 20.83 |
| 1995 | 22.18 |
| 1994 | 24.64 |
| 1993 | 26.8 |
| 1992 | 19.53 |
| 1991 | 20.99 |
| 1990 | 18.1 |
| 1989 | 17.24 |
| 1988 | 14.55 |
| 1987 | 17.76 |
| 1986 | 26.77 |
| 1985 | 17.19 |
| 1984 | 17.4 |
| 1983 | 18.77 |
| 1982 | 19.69 |
| 1981 | 19.3 |
| 1980 | 17.76 |
| 1979 | 17.02 |
| 1978 | 17.9 |
| 1977 | 27.35 |
| 1976 | 11.72 |
| 1975 | 23.93 |
| 1974 | 16.6 |
| 1973 | 17.41 |
| 1972 | 18.2 |
| 1971 | 21.28 |
| 1970 | 18.17 |
| 1969 | 19.73 |
| 1968 | 22.94 |
| 1967 | 15.87 |
| 1966 | 19.09 |
| 1965 | 26.41 |
| 1964 | 21.25 |
| 1963 | 15.02 |
| 1962 | 27.31 |
| 1961 | 16.54 |
| 1960 | 18.95 |
| 1959 | 17.82 |
| 1958 | 16.35 |
| 1957 | 25.75 |
| 1956 | 19.04 |
| 1955 | 18.68 |
| 1954 | 18.08 |
| 1953 | 21.5 |
| 1952 | 13.42 |
| 1951 | 16.99 |
| 1950 | 20.16 |