# Annual precipitation in Cottonwood County

Annual precipitation in Cottonwood County was 26.84 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-27033`
- 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/cottonwood-county-minnesota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-27033

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 26.84 |
| 2024 | 35.71 |
| 2023 | 29.61 |
| 2022 | 21.59 |
| 2021 | 26.52 |
| 2020 | 24.9 |
| 2019 | 41.72 |
| 2018 | 43.43 |
| 2017 | 32.36 |
| 2016 | 39.74 |
| 2015 | 33.7 |
| 2014 | 27.62 |
| 2013 | 26.61 |
| 2012 | 25.72 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2010 | 38.78 |
| 2009 | 27.21 |
| 2008 | 25.69 |
| 2007 | 31.36 |
| 2006 | 25.69 |
| 2005 | 39.45 |
| 2004 | 30.79 |
| 2003 | 22.17 |
| 2002 | 25.71 |
| 2001 | 32.55 |
| 2000 | 28.2 |
| 1999 | 21.84 |
| 1998 | 27.58 |
| 1997 | 25.06 |
| 1996 | 34.01 |
| 1995 | 33.32 |
| 1994 | 29.29 |
| 1993 | 41.24 |
| 1992 | 30.68 |
| 1991 | 36.11 |
| 1990 | 26.35 |
| 1989 | 18.85 |
| 1988 | 18.62 |
| 1987 | 22.27 |
| 1986 | 35.24 |
| 1985 | 33.37 |
| 1984 | 31.5 |
| 1983 | 30.46 |
| 1982 | 31.17 |
| 1981 | 26.85 |
| 1980 | 19.47 |
| 1979 | 36.58 |
| 1978 | 21.9 |
| 1977 | 37.54 |
| 1976 | 15.62 |
| 1975 | 24.49 |
| 1974 | 18.69 |
| 1973 | 24.86 |
| 1972 | 26.82 |
| 1971 | 24.91 |
| 1970 | 29.69 |
| 1969 | 25.98 |
| 1968 | 39.28 |
| 1967 | 21.9 |
| 1966 | 25 |
| 1965 | 33.19 |
| 1964 | 27.61 |
| 1963 | 28.29 |
| 1962 | 25.97 |
| 1961 | 24.75 |
| 1960 | 29.06 |
| 1959 | 27.96 |
| 1958 | 17.28 |
| 1957 | 27.94 |
| 1956 | 24.37 |
| 1955 | 17.75 |
| 1954 | 22.75 |
| 1953 | 31.38 |
| 1952 | 19.27 |
| 1951 | 31 |
| 1950 | 21 |