# Annual precipitation in Catawba County

Annual precipitation in Catawba County was 41.2 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-37035`
- 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/catawba-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-37035

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 41.2 |
| 2024 | 56 |
| 2023 | 45.18 |
| 2022 | 49.34 |
| 2021 | 36.66 |
| 2020 | 72.5 |
| 2019 | 50.44 |
| 2018 | 63.23 |
| 2017 | 44.97 |
| 2016 | 32.88 |
| 2015 | 51.38 |
| 2014 | 43.49 |
| 2013 | 61.27 |
| 2012 | 40.88 |
| 2011 | 44.74 |
| 2010 | 45.13 |
| 2009 | 56.19 |
| 2008 | 39.43 |
| 2007 | 28.91 |
| 2006 | 41.97 |
| 2005 | 45.93 |
| 2004 | 46.71 |
| 2003 | 63.1 |
| 2002 | 44.31 |
| 2001 | 34.74 |
| 2000 | 34.99 |
| 1999 | 37.57 |
| 1998 | 46.6 |
| 1997 | 47.3 |
| 1996 | 47.61 |
| 1995 | 49.8 |
| 1994 | 52.83 |
| 1993 | 44.6 |
| 1992 | 51.31 |
| 1991 | 45.5 |
| 1990 | 54.23 |
| 1989 | 56.5 |
| 1988 | 36.36 |
| 1987 | 48.15 |
| 1986 | 36.5 |
| 1985 | 45.04 |
| 1984 | 45.43 |
| 1983 | 50.5 |
| 1982 | 45.84 |
| 1981 | 39.59 |
| 1980 | 45.38 |
| 1979 | 57.33 |
| 1978 | 46.72 |
| 1977 | 45.17 |
| 1976 | 46.3 |
| 1975 | 56.41 |
| 1974 | 49.86 |
| 1973 | 55.4 |
| 1972 | 48.98 |
| 1971 | 51.96 |
| 1970 | 42.84 |
| 1969 | 48.3 |
| 1968 | 41.83 |
| 1967 | 44.86 |
| 1966 | 41.61 |
| 1965 | 42.84 |
| 1964 | 58.56 |
| 1963 | 41.11 |
| 1962 | 46.15 |
| 1961 | 51.48 |
| 1960 | 50.83 |
| 1959 | 53.53 |
| 1958 | 47.68 |
| 1957 | 57.13 |
| 1956 | 45.72 |
| 1955 | 37.75 |
| 1954 | 38.4 |
| 1953 | 41.64 |
| 1952 | 44.65 |
| 1951 | 41.38 |
| 1950 | 41.65 |