# Annual precipitation in Lea County

Annual precipitation in Lea County was 13.05 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-35025`
- 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/lea-county-new-mexico
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-35025

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 13.05 |
| 2024 | 8.83 |
| 2023 | 11.66 |
| 2022 | 11.37 |
| 2021 | 13.83 |
| 2020 | 5.74 |
| 2019 | 12.45 |
| 2018 | 13.46 |
| 2017 | 14.51 |
| 2016 | 13.49 |
| 2015 | 23.38 |
| 2014 | 18.14 |
| 2013 | 11.72 |
| 2012 | 10.06 |
| 2011 | 5.32 |
| 2010 | 15.64 |
| 2009 | 14.08 |
| 2008 | 13.24 |
| 2007 | 20.33 |
| 2006 | 17.18 |
| 2005 | 15.86 |
| 2004 | 29.15 |
| 2003 | 7.68 |
| 2002 | 16.23 |
| 2001 | 11.45 |
| 2000 | 12.55 |
| 1999 | 15.45 |
| 1998 | 9.16 |
| 1997 | 19.47 |
| 1996 | 13.47 |
| 1995 | 13.59 |
| 1994 | 10.3 |
| 1993 | 12.64 |
| 1992 | 18.85 |
| 1991 | 22.19 |
| 1990 | 13.9 |
| 1989 | 11.1 |
| 1988 | 16.48 |
| 1987 | 17.14 |
| 1986 | 24 |
| 1985 | 19.24 |
| 1984 | 22.77 |
| 1983 | 11.83 |
| 1982 | 15.21 |
| 1981 | 20.63 |
| 1980 | 14.3 |
| 1979 | 15.27 |
| 1978 | 19.93 |
| 1977 | 11.61 |
| 1976 | 13.21 |
| 1975 | 16.54 |
| 1974 | 23.54 |
| 1973 | 12.68 |
| 1972 | 18.22 |
| 1971 | 16.45 |
| 1970 | 11.67 |
| 1969 | 20.41 |
| 1968 | 18.12 |
| 1967 | 10.19 |
| 1966 | 15.66 |
| 1965 | 10.84 |
| 1964 | 7.12 |
| 1963 | 11.91 |
| 1962 | 14.83 |
| 1961 | 12.56 |
| 1960 | 20.96 |
| 1959 | 12.19 |
| 1958 | 20.92 |
| 1957 | 14 |
| 1956 | 6.78 |
| 1955 | 12.82 |
| 1954 | 12.07 |
| 1953 | 10.48 |
| 1952 | 8.48 |
| 1951 | 9.06 |
| 1950 | 16.68 |