Annual precipitation in Barnstable County

Annual precipitation in Barnstable County was 41.2 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is down 12.5% from 2024. That is the 11th highest of 14 counties in 2025.

2025, inches41.2

Change on 2024-12.5%

Rank11th of 14Counties in Massachusetts ranked

Series high64.381972

Series low25.541965

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Annual precipitation in Barnstable County, 1950 to 2025

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

Period	inches
2025	41.2
2024	47.07
2023	49.19
2022	43.44
2021	48.26
2020	37.47
2019	58.46
2018	55.6
2017	53.08
2016	39.31
2015	44.88
2014	51.02
2013	48.34
2012	41.52
2011	49.82
2010	50.56
2009	54.62
2008	51.31
2007	43.17
2006	49.88
2005	51.71
2004	42.15
2003	52.31
2002	50.8
2001	40.99
2000	42.95
1999	40.72
1998	52.29
1997	43.96
1996	58.84
1995	37.85
1994	45.05
1993	41.29
1992	45.06
1991	43.41
1990	40.93
1989	44.8
1988	39.56
1987	47.98
1986	49.99
1985	41.25
1984	46.15
1983	55.74
1982	43.94
1981	43.59
1980	35
1979	49.17
1978	46.08
1977	53.92
1976	39.4
1975	53.53
1974	35.93
1973	51.35
1972	64.38
1971	33.97
1970	44.16
1969	49.36
1968	39.96
1967	51.32
1966	39.68
1965	25.54
1964	38.19
1963	41.46
1962	48.36
1961	47.02
1960	40.86
1959	45.53
1958	54.98
1957	33.1
1956	44.75
1955	42.65
1954	47.33
1953	57.49
1952	38.3
1951	36.98
1950	39.56

Compared with Massachusetts and United States

Place	2025
Barnstable County	41.2
Massachusetts	42.92
United States	29.26

Barnstable County compared with nearby places

Under 41
41 to 43
43 to 44
44 and over

Annual precipitation, 2025, inches. Barnstable County 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.

Rankings

US states by annual precipitation 50 places
Counties in Massachusetts by annual precipitation 14 places

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.

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, Barnstable County, 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, Barnstable County, 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/barnstable-county-massachusetts. 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, Barnstable County, 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/barnstable-county-massachusetts.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Annual precipitation, Barnstable County, 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/barnstable-county-massachusetts (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{noaa_annual_precipitation_barnstable_county_2025,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Annual precipitation, Barnstable County, 1950 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/barnstable-county-massachusetts. Publisher attribution: 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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64.38 inches in 1972, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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