# Annual precipitation in Howard County

Annual precipitation in Howard County was 39.01 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-19089`
- 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/howard-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-19089

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 39.01 |
| 2024 | 38.52 |
| 2023 | 27.47 |
| 2022 | 33.69 |
| 2021 | 34.16 |
| 2020 | 32.64 |
| 2019 | 46.05 |
| 2018 | 56 |
| 2017 | 36.47 |
| 2016 | 53.78 |
| 2015 | 35.77 |
| 2014 | 38.95 |
| 2013 | 44.43 |
| 2012 | 28.42 |
| 2011 | 29.4 |
| 2010 | 38.98 |
| 2009 | 33.43 |
| 2008 | 40.69 |
| 2007 | 43.47 |
| 2006 | 31.36 |
| 2005 | 37.32 |
| 2004 | 42.51 |
| 2003 | 24.03 |
| 2002 | 30.28 |
| 2001 | 31.7 |
| 2000 | 37.56 |
| 1999 | 41.95 |
| 1998 | 38.91 |
| 1997 | 30.15 |
| 1996 | 31.02 |
| 1995 | 30.52 |
| 1994 | 31.68 |
| 1993 | 45.77 |
| 1992 | 36.26 |
| 1991 | 42.36 |
| 1990 | 42.85 |
| 1989 | 23.78 |
| 1988 | 24.28 |
| 1987 | 28.22 |
| 1986 | 38.24 |
| 1985 | 32.77 |
| 1984 | 33.95 |
| 1983 | 43.7 |
| 1982 | 40.13 |
| 1981 | 36.1 |
| 1980 | 34.46 |
| 1979 | 37.7 |
| 1978 | 34.41 |
| 1977 | 34.33 |
| 1976 | 23.16 |
| 1975 | 29.17 |
| 1974 | 29.48 |
| 1973 | 39.11 |
| 1972 | 38.43 |
| 1971 | 28.59 |
| 1970 | 34.23 |
| 1969 | 36.43 |
| 1968 | 38.41 |
| 1967 | 25.72 |
| 1966 | 27.24 |
| 1965 | 42.07 |
| 1964 | 25.71 |
| 1963 | 25.36 |
| 1962 | 33.01 |
| 1961 | 31.66 |
| 1960 | 33.25 |
| 1959 | 37.8 |
| 1958 | 21.3 |
| 1957 | 29.99 |
| 1956 | 29.41 |
| 1955 | 21.77 |
| 1954 | 37.7 |
| 1953 | 35.15 |
| 1952 | 26.59 |
| 1951 | 41.61 |
| 1950 | 35.05 |