# Annual precipitation in Essex County

Annual precipitation in Essex County was 37.22 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-25009`
- 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/essex-county-massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-25009

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 37.22 |
| 2024 | 42.74 |
| 2023 | 58.37 |
| 2022 | 35.9 |
| 2021 | 56.57 |
| 2020 | 41.25 |
| 2019 | 49.4 |
| 2018 | 54.7 |
| 2017 | 43.94 |
| 2016 | 35.15 |
| 2015 | 38.18 |
| 2014 | 49.94 |
| 2013 | 41.86 |
| 2012 | 40.38 |
| 2011 | 56.75 |
| 2010 | 52.51 |
| 2009 | 52.92 |
| 2008 | 58.01 |
| 2007 | 45.41 |
| 2006 | 62.71 |
| 2005 | 55.06 |
| 2004 | 49.88 |
| 2003 | 48.15 |
| 2002 | 47.15 |
| 2001 | 39.03 |
| 2000 | 51.04 |
| 1999 | 40.66 |
| 1998 | 51.77 |
| 1997 | 37.34 |
| 1996 | 58.75 |
| 1995 | 39.63 |
| 1994 | 47.19 |
| 1993 | 44.15 |
| 1992 | 42.32 |
| 1991 | 46.11 |
| 1990 | 48.31 |
| 1989 | 43.71 |
| 1988 | 39.82 |
| 1987 | 46.19 |
| 1986 | 47.56 |
| 1985 | 39.58 |
| 1984 | 51.58 |
| 1983 | 61.63 |
| 1982 | 45.87 |
| 1981 | 42.75 |
| 1980 | 32.91 |
| 1979 | 48.1 |
| 1978 | 39.96 |
| 1977 | 51.98 |
| 1976 | 37.31 |
| 1975 | 51.55 |
| 1974 | 42.24 |
| 1973 | 48.1 |
| 1972 | 59.18 |
| 1971 | 40.35 |
| 1970 | 41.98 |
| 1969 | 49.11 |
| 1968 | 44.3 |
| 1967 | 45.84 |
| 1966 | 36.86 |
| 1965 | 27.93 |
| 1964 | 35.65 |
| 1963 | 38.15 |
| 1962 | 49.17 |
| 1961 | 45.7 |
| 1960 | 42.18 |
| 1959 | 45.75 |
| 1958 | 49.21 |
| 1957 | 31.05 |
| 1956 | 45.39 |
| 1955 | 42.74 |
| 1954 | 56.44 |
| 1953 | 49.96 |
| 1952 | 41.5 |
| 1951 | 47.8 |
| 1950 | 36.11 |