# Annual precipitation in Kentucky

Annual precipitation in Kentucky was 57.49 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-21`
- 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/15/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/15/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-state-21

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 57.49 |
| 2024 | 51.61 |
| 2023 | 44.06 |
| 2022 | 49.31 |
| 2021 | 53.39 |
| 2020 | 58.11 |
| 2019 | 61.31 |
| 2018 | 63.74 |
| 2017 | 50.26 |
| 2016 | 49.19 |
| 2015 | 58.3 |
| 2014 | 47.11 |
| 2013 | 55.78 |
| 2012 | 43.21 |
| 2011 | 64.35 |
| 2010 | 43.54 |
| 2009 | 54.35 |
| 2008 | 46.51 |
| 2007 | 41.86 |
| 2006 | 52.37 |
| 2005 | 39.8 |
| 2004 | 55.94 |
| 2003 | 55.98 |
| 2002 | 53.51 |
| 2001 | 45.43 |
| 2000 | 45.29 |
| 1999 | 38.09 |
| 1998 | 49.32 |
| 1997 | 49.05 |
| 1996 | 56.75 |
| 1995 | 47.95 |
| 1994 | 48.66 |
| 1993 | 46.87 |
| 1992 | 42.79 |
| 1991 | 46.03 |
| 1990 | 55.41 |
| 1989 | 57.74 |
| 1988 | 43.55 |
| 1987 | 38.44 |
| 1986 | 42.58 |
| 1985 | 44.42 |
| 1984 | 52.7 |
| 1983 | 47.83 |
| 1982 | 50.25 |
| 1981 | 43.92 |
| 1980 | 37.26 |
| 1979 | 62.58 |
| 1978 | 52.97 |
| 1977 | 48.52 |
| 1976 | 42.49 |
| 1975 | 56.95 |
| 1974 | 53.06 |
| 1973 | 53.25 |
| 1972 | 57.08 |
| 1971 | 44.37 |
| 1970 | 47.66 |
| 1969 | 42.87 |
| 1968 | 44.21 |
| 1967 | 48.37 |
| 1966 | 46.66 |
| 1965 | 41.49 |
| 1964 | 47.87 |
| 1963 | 34.12 |
| 1962 | 50.2 |
| 1961 | 51.44 |
| 1960 | 40.9 |
| 1959 | 43.82 |
| 1958 | 44.07 |
| 1957 | 55.13 |
| 1956 | 50.51 |
| 1955 | 45.32 |
| 1954 | 41.2 |
| 1953 | 36.51 |
| 1952 | 41.68 |
| 1951 | 55.04 |
| 1950 | 62.63 |
| 1949 | 51.2 |
| 1948 | 50.01 |
| 1947 | 42.01 |
| 1946 | 46.04 |
| 1945 | 51.82 |
| 1944 | 42.25 |
| 1943 | 38.23 |
| 1942 | 49.12 |
| 1941 | 34.49 |
| 1940 | 39.6 |
| 1939 | 48.53 |
| 1938 | 46.98 |
| 1937 | 50.43 |
| 1936 | 39.23 |
| 1935 | 58.38 |
| 1934 | 38.86 |
| 1933 | 51.94 |
| 1932 | 50.77 |
| 1931 | 43.06 |
| 1930 | 29 |
| 1929 | 49.92 |
| 1928 | 47.83 |
| 1927 | 54.32 |
| 1926 | 50.63 |
| 1925 | 41.76 |
| 1924 | 44.72 |
| 1923 | 53.53 |
| 1922 | 46.49 |
| 1921 | 49.21 |
| 1920 | 49.29 |
| 1919 | 52.8 |
| 1918 | 41.85 |
| 1917 | 46.04 |
| 1916 | 46.16 |
| 1915 | 52.19 |
| 1914 | 42.02 |
| 1913 | 47.46 |
| 1912 | 48.76 |
| 1911 | 47.88 |
| 1910 | 49.83 |
| 1909 | 51.14 |
| 1908 | 42.4 |
| 1907 | 50.77 |
| 1906 | 49.73 |
| 1905 | 47.28 |
| 1904 | 36.06 |
| 1903 | 41.95 |
| 1902 | 45.14 |
| 1901 | 36.92 |
| 1900 | 44.94 |
| 1899 | 46.7 |
| 1898 | 52.67 |
| 1897 | 48.28 |
| 1896 | 43.21 |
| 1895 | 39.26 |