# Annual precipitation in Colorado

Annual precipitation in Colorado was 16.04 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- 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/5/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/5/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-state-08

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 16.04 |
| 2024 | 19.22 |
| 2023 | 19.05 |
| 2022 | 16.48 |
| 2021 | 17.1 |
| 2020 | 12.23 |
| 2019 | 18.91 |
| 2018 | 14.96 |
| 2017 | 18.91 |
| 2016 | 17.08 |
| 2015 | 21.73 |
| 2014 | 19.14 |
| 2013 | 18.79 |
| 2012 | 12.31 |
| 2011 | 17.62 |
| 2010 | 18.19 |
| 2009 | 18.79 |
| 2008 | 17.46 |
| 2007 | 18.71 |
| 2006 | 18.67 |
| 2005 | 18.95 |
| 2004 | 18.93 |
| 2003 | 16.44 |
| 2002 | 11.85 |
| 2001 | 16.81 |
| 2000 | 16.91 |
| 1999 | 20.03 |
| 1998 | 18.77 |
| 1997 | 22.24 |
| 1996 | 19.85 |
| 1995 | 21.79 |
| 1994 | 17.13 |
| 1993 | 19.9 |
| 1992 | 18.53 |
| 1991 | 18.65 |
| 1990 | 19.9 |
| 1989 | 14.74 |
| 1988 | 16.74 |
| 1987 | 18.82 |
| 1986 | 19.83 |
| 1985 | 20.51 |
| 1984 | 20.55 |
| 1983 | 21.92 |
| 1982 | 19.84 |
| 1981 | 18.79 |
| 1980 | 17.81 |
| 1979 | 19.3 |
| 1978 | 17.86 |
| 1977 | 15.83 |
| 1976 | 14.56 |
| 1975 | 16.54 |
| 1974 | 14.61 |
| 1973 | 18.55 |
| 1972 | 17.38 |
| 1971 | 16.93 |
| 1970 | 17.22 |
| 1969 | 21.93 |
| 1968 | 15.4 |
| 1967 | 18.76 |
| 1966 | 14.44 |
| 1965 | 23.03 |
| 1964 | 15.48 |
| 1963 | 15.31 |
| 1962 | 15.18 |
| 1961 | 19.61 |
| 1960 | 15.99 |
| 1959 | 17.98 |
| 1958 | 16.67 |
| 1957 | 25.41 |
| 1956 | 13.65 |
| 1955 | 15.33 |
| 1954 | 13.97 |
| 1953 | 16.48 |
| 1952 | 15.77 |
| 1951 | 19.07 |
| 1950 | 14.4 |
| 1949 | 19.33 |
| 1948 | 18.36 |
| 1947 | 20.41 |
| 1946 | 18.53 |
| 1945 | 18.8 |
| 1944 | 18.69 |
| 1943 | 16.23 |
| 1942 | 20.44 |
| 1941 | 25.53 |
| 1940 | 18.63 |
| 1939 | 12.39 |
| 1938 | 21.17 |
| 1937 | 16.23 |
| 1936 | 17.18 |
| 1935 | 17.52 |
| 1934 | 12.58 |
| 1933 | 16.97 |
| 1932 | 15.97 |
| 1931 | 15.35 |
| 1930 | 18.24 |
| 1929 | 18.62 |
| 1928 | 18.23 |
| 1927 | 21.28 |
| 1926 | 17.62 |
| 1925 | 17.29 |
| 1924 | 15.23 |
| 1923 | 22.28 |
| 1922 | 16.35 |
| 1921 | 20.58 |
| 1920 | 19.02 |
| 1919 | 18.97 |
| 1918 | 20.37 |
| 1917 | 15.64 |
| 1916 | 19.47 |
| 1915 | 21.06 |
| 1914 | 20.52 |
| 1913 | 17.39 |
| 1912 | 19 |
| 1911 | 18.66 |
| 1910 | 14.43 |
| 1909 | 20.74 |
| 1908 | 18.44 |
| 1907 | 17.49 |
| 1906 | 22.55 |
| 1905 | 21.05 |
| 1904 | 17.01 |
| 1903 | 16.19 |
| 1902 | 15.94 |
| 1901 | 15.81 |
| 1900 | 14.72 |
| 1899 | 16.55 |
| 1898 | 16.91 |
| 1897 | 21.66 |
| 1896 | 16.02 |
| 1895 | 19.62 |