# Annual precipitation in Benton County

Annual precipitation in Benton County was 9.16 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-53005`
- 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/benton-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-53005

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 9.16 |
| 2024 | 9.89 |
| 2023 | 7.28 |
| 2022 | 9.94 |
| 2021 | 6.53 |
| 2020 | 6.41 |
| 2019 | 8.12 |
| 2018 | 6.69 |
| 2017 | 10.26 |
| 2016 | 9.25 |
| 2015 | 7.62 |
| 2014 | 6.58 |
| 2013 | 6.03 |
| 2012 | 11.59 |
| 2011 | 6.56 |
| 2010 | 12.63 |
| 2009 | 7.52 |
| 2008 | 6.52 |
| 2007 | 7.82 |
| 2006 | 10.75 |
| 2005 | 8.4 |
| 2004 | 8.78 |
| 2003 | 8.32 |
| 2002 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 7.28 |
| 2000 | 9.13 |
| 1999 | 5.11 |
| 1998 | 9.17 |
| 1997 | 8.84 |
| 1996 | 12.63 |
| 1995 | 12.56 |
| 1994 | 8.51 |
| 1993 | 7.61 |
| 1992 | 9.43 |
| 1991 | 8.18 |
| 1990 | 6.48 |
| 1989 | 7.63 |
| 1988 | 6.51 |
| 1987 | 6.5 |
| 1986 | 9.4 |
| 1985 | 5.93 |
| 1984 | 9.23 |
| 1983 | 13.14 |
| 1982 | 10.22 |
| 1981 | 8.88 |
| 1980 | 11.77 |
| 1979 | 7.97 |
| 1978 | 9.14 |
| 1977 | 7.59 |
| 1976 | 4.42 |
| 1975 | 8.84 |
| 1974 | 6.81 |
| 1973 | 10.34 |
| 1972 | 7.42 |
| 1971 | 8.58 |
| 1970 | 8.39 |
| 1969 | 7.62 |
| 1968 | 7.98 |
| 1967 | 4.25 |
| 1966 | 7.63 |
| 1965 | 5.99 |
| 1964 | 7.9 |
| 1963 | 8.06 |
| 1962 | 9.03 |
| 1961 | 9.96 |
| 1960 | 7.43 |
| 1959 | 7.33 |
| 1958 | 10.51 |
| 1957 | 10.61 |
| 1956 | 7.49 |
| 1955 | 9.29 |
| 1954 | 6.59 |
| 1953 | 9.13 |
| 1952 | 5.77 |
| 1951 | 8.53 |
| 1950 | 11.45 |