# Annual precipitation in Nelson County

Annual precipitation in Nelson County was 60.38 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-21179`
- 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/nelson-county-kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-21179

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 60.38 |
| 2024 | 51.89 |
| 2023 | 42.89 |
| 2022 | 47.41 |
| 2021 | 57.89 |
| 2020 | 53.81 |
| 2019 | 64.3 |
| 2018 | 66.76 |
| 2017 | 53.99 |
| 2016 | 48.79 |
| 2015 | 58.54 |
| 2014 | 44.93 |
| 2013 | 54.08 |
| 2012 | 45.95 |
| 2011 | 69.2 |
| 2010 | 40.34 |
| 2009 | 53.03 |
| 2008 | 47.97 |
| 2007 | 47.24 |
| 2006 | 54.41 |
| 2005 | 37.1 |
| 2004 | 56.38 |
| 2003 | 56.94 |
| 2002 | 55.52 |
| 2001 | 42.09 |
| 2000 | 43.2 |
| 1999 | 36.52 |
| 1998 | 48.86 |
| 1997 | 52.81 |
| 1996 | 56.35 |
| 1995 | 50.71 |
| 1994 | 44.1 |
| 1993 | 45.38 |
| 1992 | 44.25 |
| 1991 | 44.82 |
| 1990 | 53.33 |
| 1989 | 57.14 |
| 1988 | 45.66 |
| 1987 | 37.41 |
| 1986 | 42.41 |
| 1985 | 40.32 |
| 1984 | 51.54 |
| 1983 | 50.28 |
| 1982 | 47.25 |
| 1981 | 42.29 |
| 1980 | 36.97 |
| 1979 | 67.3 |
| 1978 | 58.68 |
| 1977 | 51.4 |
| 1976 | 41.35 |
| 1975 | 58.14 |
| 1974 | 50.45 |
| 1973 | 55.54 |
| 1972 | 62.25 |
| 1971 | 41.95 |
| 1970 | 53.84 |
| 1969 | 40.37 |
| 1968 | 43.39 |
| 1967 | 50.65 |
| 1966 | 44.74 |
| 1965 | 38.78 |
| 1964 | 48.24 |
| 1963 | 33.4 |
| 1962 | 51.17 |
| 1961 | 51.81 |
| 1960 | 41.14 |
| 1959 | 42.42 |
| 1958 | 43.75 |
| 1957 | 51.29 |
| 1956 | 48.55 |
| 1955 | 47.95 |
| 1954 | 37.64 |
| 1953 | 37.19 |
| 1952 | 39.86 |
| 1951 | 54.88 |
| 1950 | 63.87 |