# Annual precipitation in Clay County

Annual precipitation in Clay County was 53.95 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-37043`
- 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/clay-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-37043

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 53.95 |
| 2024 | 61.87 |
| 2023 | 56.61 |
| 2022 | 59.3 |
| 2021 | 67.88 |
| 2020 | 82.63 |
| 2019 | 71.49 |
| 2018 | 82.16 |
| 2017 | 59.19 |
| 2016 | 41.13 |
| 2015 | 74.07 |
| 2014 | 56.52 |
| 2013 | 85.53 |
| 2012 | 55.49 |
| 2011 | 59.08 |
| 2010 | 56.8 |
| 2009 | 78.96 |
| 2008 | 56.92 |
| 2007 | 43.42 |
| 2006 | 52.36 |
| 2005 | 62.1 |
| 2004 | 62.06 |
| 2003 | 68.2 |
| 2002 | 61.99 |
| 2001 | 51.22 |
| 2000 | 47.52 |
| 1999 | 57.29 |
| 1998 | 66.37 |
| 1997 | 67.61 |
| 1996 | 75.99 |
| 1995 | 67.71 |
| 1994 | 79.78 |
| 1993 | 53.98 |
| 1992 | 71.79 |
| 1991 | 64.88 |
| 1990 | 74.87 |
| 1989 | 82.42 |
| 1988 | 44.7 |
| 1987 | 48.44 |
| 1986 | 47.74 |
| 1985 | 48.63 |
| 1984 | 58.88 |
| 1983 | 62.04 |
| 1982 | 67.9 |
| 1981 | 48.7 |
| 1980 | 59.47 |
| 1979 | 71.92 |
| 1978 | 47.96 |
| 1977 | 63.26 |
| 1976 | 67.1 |
| 1975 | 69.97 |
| 1974 | 69.77 |
| 1973 | 69.28 |
| 1972 | 71.22 |
| 1971 | 64.38 |
| 1970 | 53.27 |
| 1969 | 59.76 |
| 1968 | 52.67 |
| 1967 | 69.62 |
| 1966 | 65.92 |
| 1965 | 50.15 |
| 1964 | 77.13 |
| 1963 | 57.71 |
| 1962 | 60.53 |
| 1961 | 70.07 |
| 1960 | 55.69 |
| 1959 | 64.65 |
| 1958 | 53.11 |
| 1957 | 76.01 |
| 1956 | 59.8 |
| 1955 | 58.92 |
| 1954 | 57.68 |
| 1953 | 59.9 |
| 1952 | 56.02 |
| 1951 | 63.44 |
| 1950 | 63.1 |