# Annual precipitation in King County

Annual precipitation in King County was 70.87 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-53033`
- 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/king-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-53033

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 70.87 |
| 2024 | 69.27 |
| 2023 | 57.62 |
| 2022 | 73.65 |
| 2021 | 78.29 |
| 2020 | 87.76 |
| 2019 | 58.86 |
| 2018 | 76.36 |
| 2017 | 80.84 |
| 2016 | 79.88 |
| 2015 | 77.77 |
| 2014 | 89.98 |
| 2013 | 69.45 |
| 2012 | 85.87 |
| 2011 | 82.95 |
| 2010 | 78.63 |
| 2009 | 72.39 |
| 2008 | 74.33 |
| 2007 | 72.72 |
| 2006 | 85.23 |
| 2005 | 65.05 |
| 2004 | 68.19 |
| 2003 | 75.6 |
| 2002 | 62.99 |
| 2001 | 70.53 |
| 2000 | 58.69 |
| 1999 | 83.42 |
| 1998 | 76.46 |
| 1997 | 87.98 |
| 1996 | 93.36 |
| 1995 | 83.04 |
| 1994 | 72.1 |
| 1993 | 57.13 |
| 1992 | 63.84 |
| 1991 | 71.32 |
| 1990 | 98.98 |
| 1989 | 66.31 |
| 1988 | 75.52 |
| 1987 | 55.5 |
| 1986 | 73.02 |
| 1985 | 55.03 |
| 1984 | 79.22 |
| 1983 | 78.52 |
| 1982 | 77.56 |
| 1981 | 72.89 |
| 1980 | 73.07 |
| 1979 | 64.32 |
| 1978 | 62.72 |
| 1977 | 72.16 |
| 1976 | 62.33 |
| 1975 | 92.79 |
| 1974 | 84.38 |
| 1973 | 66.04 |
| 1972 | 91.23 |
| 1971 | 84.21 |
| 1970 | 69.38 |
| 1969 | 63.62 |
| 1968 | 88.87 |
| 1967 | 73.13 |
| 1966 | 70.98 |
| 1965 | 64.82 |
| 1964 | 85.35 |
| 1963 | 65.62 |
| 1962 | 68.51 |
| 1961 | 84.75 |
| 1960 | 74.96 |
| 1959 | 94.28 |
| 1958 | 78.66 |
| 1957 | 66.19 |
| 1956 | 75.4 |
| 1955 | 90.07 |
| 1954 | 76.69 |
| 1953 | 92.93 |
| 1952 | 41.43 |
| 1951 | 74.14 |
| 1950 | 92.71 |