# Annual precipitation in Benson County

Annual precipitation in Benson County was 17.38 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-38005`
- 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/benson-county-north-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-38005

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 17.38 |
| 2024 | 24.85 |
| 2023 | 16.53 |
| 2022 | 16.4 |
| 2021 | 14.74 |
| 2020 | 11.04 |
| 2019 | 21.39 |
| 2018 | 15.2 |
| 2017 | 13.85 |
| 2016 | 20.96 |
| 2015 | 16.47 |
| 2014 | 16.78 |
| 2013 | 21.73 |
| 2012 | 15.77 |
| 2011 | 19.95 |
| 2010 | 24.35 |
| 2009 | 18.32 |
| 2008 | 23.65 |
| 2007 | 19.03 |
| 2006 | 12.15 |
| 2005 | 21.99 |
| 2004 | 20.74 |
| 2003 | 17.85 |
| 2002 | 19.06 |
| 2001 | 16.94 |
| 2000 | 24.19 |
| 1999 | 20.68 |
| 1998 | 17.9 |
| 1997 | 18.91 |
| 1996 | 19.4 |
| 1995 | 17.71 |
| 1994 | 22.45 |
| 1993 | 24.38 |
| 1992 | 11.51 |
| 1991 | 22.01 |
| 1990 | 16.35 |
| 1989 | 13.32 |
| 1988 | 9.93 |
| 1987 | 16.3 |
| 1986 | 19.28 |
| 1985 | 19.38 |
| 1984 | 15.19 |
| 1983 | 16.8 |
| 1982 | 22.43 |
| 1981 | 19.09 |
| 1980 | 22.26 |
| 1979 | 16.14 |
| 1978 | 16.15 |
| 1977 | 17.77 |
| 1976 | 11.45 |
| 1975 | 18.02 |
| 1974 | 16.25 |
| 1973 | 15.46 |
| 1972 | 15.35 |
| 1971 | 20.26 |
| 1970 | 18.69 |
| 1969 | 16.53 |
| 1968 | 18.75 |
| 1967 | 13.75 |
| 1966 | 16.67 |
| 1965 | 20.77 |
| 1964 | 20.61 |
| 1963 | 15.1 |
| 1962 | 19.65 |
| 1961 | 12.66 |
| 1960 | 16.36 |
| 1959 | 14.4 |
| 1958 | 14.14 |
| 1957 | 19.95 |
| 1956 | 18.18 |
| 1955 | 17.34 |
| 1954 | 22.43 |
| 1953 | 17.69 |
| 1952 | 12.72 |
| 1951 | 15 |
| 1950 | 18.04 |