# Annual precipitation in Howard County

Annual precipitation in Howard County was 14.59 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-48227`
- 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-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-48227

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 14.59 |
| 2024 | 16.57 |
| 2023 | 12.87 |
| 2022 | 9.09 |
| 2021 | 19.31 |
| 2020 | 13.99 |
| 2019 | 19.96 |
| 2018 | 20.11 |
| 2017 | 19.41 |
| 2016 | 23.61 |
| 2015 | 25.56 |
| 2014 | 15 |
| 2013 | 14.42 |
| 2012 | 15.61 |
| 2011 | 4.84 |
| 2010 | 26.57 |
| 2009 | 15.25 |
| 2008 | 13.34 |
| 2007 | 26.91 |
| 2006 | 18.43 |
| 2005 | 18.22 |
| 2004 | 31.78 |
| 2003 | 13.77 |
| 2002 | 18.07 |
| 2001 | 14.16 |
| 2000 | 16.12 |
| 1999 | 12.99 |
| 1998 | 11.71 |
| 1997 | 21.94 |
| 1996 | 15.45 |
| 1995 | 17.3 |
| 1994 | 16.21 |
| 1993 | 19.61 |
| 1992 | 27.42 |
| 1991 | 28.22 |
| 1990 | 22.93 |
| 1989 | 13.5 |
| 1988 | 18.9 |
| 1987 | 20.59 |
| 1986 | 29.53 |
| 1985 | 21.52 |
| 1984 | 15.41 |
| 1983 | 12.14 |
| 1982 | 19.17 |
| 1981 | 19.23 |
| 1980 | 24.38 |
| 1979 | 16.09 |
| 1978 | 17.9 |
| 1977 | 15.26 |
| 1976 | 20.81 |
| 1975 | 23.43 |
| 1974 | 22.51 |
| 1973 | 19.7 |
| 1972 | 21.46 |
| 1971 | 20.18 |
| 1970 | 14.25 |
| 1969 | 23.86 |
| 1968 | 21.38 |
| 1967 | 15.14 |
| 1966 | 20.77 |
| 1965 | 16.38 |
| 1964 | 12.33 |
| 1963 | 15.02 |
| 1962 | 17.59 |
| 1961 | 21.53 |
| 1960 | 16.3 |
| 1959 | 20.64 |
| 1958 | 17.76 |
| 1957 | 22.56 |
| 1956 | 8.49 |
| 1955 | 14.68 |
| 1954 | 13.31 |
| 1953 | 9.97 |
| 1952 | 10.36 |
| 1951 | 9.93 |
| 1950 | 19.9 |