# Annual precipitation in California

Annual precipitation in California was 23.29 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- 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, contiguous US and statewide (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/4/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json)
- 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, contiguous US and statewide. 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/statewide/time-series/4/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-state-06

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 23.29 |
| 2024 | 26.09 |
| 2023 | 27.38 |
| 2022 | 14.1 |
| 2021 | 18.93 |
| 2020 | 12.07 |
| 2019 | 29.12 |
| 2018 | 18.09 |
| 2017 | 28.17 |
| 2016 | 25.73 |
| 2015 | 15.04 |
| 2014 | 19.9 |
| 2013 | 7.93 |
| 2012 | 23.45 |
| 2011 | 18.79 |
| 2010 | 31.18 |
| 2009 | 17.05 |
| 2008 | 17.85 |
| 2007 | 13.83 |
| 2006 | 23.61 |
| 2005 | 30.1 |
| 2004 | 21.76 |
| 2003 | 21.63 |
| 2002 | 18.68 |
| 2001 | 23.02 |
| 2000 | 21.43 |
| 1999 | 17.63 |
| 1998 | 36.41 |
| 1997 | 20.6 |
| 1996 | 32.51 |
| 1995 | 35.2 |
| 1994 | 17.54 |
| 1993 | 26.7 |
| 1992 | 23.23 |
| 1991 | 19.79 |
| 1990 | 13.99 |
| 1989 | 14.95 |
| 1988 | 17.1 |
| 1987 | 19.7 |
| 1986 | 24.25 |
| 1985 | 14.7 |
| 1984 | 18.32 |
| 1983 | 42.46 |
| 1982 | 31.99 |
| 1981 | 26.24 |
| 1980 | 24.12 |
| 1979 | 24.63 |
| 1978 | 28.86 |
| 1977 | 17.53 |
| 1976 | 11.75 |
| 1975 | 20.94 |
| 1974 | 21.35 |
| 1973 | 28.93 |
| 1972 | 17.21 |
| 1971 | 18.24 |
| 1970 | 27.81 |
| 1969 | 30.6 |
| 1968 | 20.37 |
| 1967 | 23.75 |
| 1966 | 18.72 |
| 1965 | 21.98 |
| 1964 | 22.27 |
| 1963 | 24.74 |
| 1962 | 22.1 |
| 1961 | 16.53 |
| 1960 | 21.77 |
| 1959 | 15.21 |
| 1958 | 27.76 |
| 1957 | 24.55 |
| 1956 | 17.85 |
| 1955 | 23.71 |
| 1954 | 23 |
| 1953 | 17.19 |
| 1952 | 27.97 |
| 1951 | 23.59 |
| 1950 | 25.94 |
| 1949 | 15.22 |
| 1948 | 20.22 |
| 1947 | 13.17 |
| 1946 | 16.52 |
| 1945 | 26.38 |
| 1944 | 22.3 |
| 1943 | 22.78 |
| 1942 | 22.47 |
| 1941 | 34.86 |
| 1940 | 32.67 |
| 1939 | 15.33 |
| 1938 | 28.67 |
| 1937 | 27.8 |
| 1936 | 23.95 |
| 1935 | 21.16 |
| 1934 | 17.43 |
| 1933 | 18.7 |
| 1932 | 14.79 |
| 1931 | 22.97 |
| 1930 | 16.69 |
| 1929 | 13.34 |
| 1928 | 17.23 |
| 1927 | 24.96 |
| 1926 | 24.16 |
| 1925 | 19.78 |
| 1924 | 15.26 |
| 1923 | 13.61 |
| 1922 | 24.29 |
| 1921 | 21.88 |
| 1920 | 22.94 |
| 1919 | 18.64 |
| 1918 | 20.33 |
| 1917 | 14.22 |
| 1916 | 26.12 |
| 1915 | 26.96 |
| 1914 | 25.56 |
| 1913 | 21.61 |
| 1912 | 18.95 |
| 1911 | 24.42 |
| 1910 | 14.79 |
| 1909 | 34.46 |
| 1908 | 16.98 |
| 1907 | 28.82 |
| 1906 | 33.49 |
| 1905 | 20.36 |
| 1904 | 28.23 |
| 1903 | 20.73 |
| 1902 | 24.82 |
| 1901 | 22.44 |
| 1900 | 20.05 |
| 1899 | 24.81 |
| 1898 | 12.47 |
| 1897 | 21.95 |
| 1896 | 29.51 |
| 1895 | 22.88 |