# Annual precipitation in Nelson County

Annual precipitation in Nelson County was 19.81 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-38063`
- 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-north-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-38063

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 19.81 |
| 2024 | 25.07 |
| 2023 | 17.47 |
| 2022 | 22.82 |
| 2021 | 16.37 |
| 2020 | 17.31 |
| 2019 | 27.33 |
| 2018 | 17.29 |
| 2017 | 16.26 |
| 2016 | 27.1 |
| 2015 | 21.4 |
| 2014 | 19.55 |
| 2013 | 21.29 |
| 2012 | 16.87 |
| 2011 | 22.07 |
| 2010 | 23.38 |
| 2009 | 20.1 |
| 2008 | 21.9 |
| 2007 | 23.24 |
| 2006 | 14.84 |
| 2005 | 19.75 |
| 2004 | 23.83 |
| 2003 | 18.56 |
| 2002 | 18.96 |
| 2001 | 18.28 |
| 2000 | 23.47 |
| 1999 | 21.61 |
| 1998 | 19.85 |
| 1997 | 19.9 |
| 1996 | 18.98 |
| 1995 | 22.13 |
| 1994 | 24.53 |
| 1993 | 24.79 |
| 1992 | 15.3 |
| 1991 | 24.85 |
| 1990 | 16.14 |
| 1989 | 13.81 |
| 1988 | 13.47 |
| 1987 | 21.29 |
| 1986 | 22.97 |
| 1985 | 22.31 |
| 1984 | 15.9 |
| 1983 | 20.29 |
| 1982 | 23.95 |
| 1981 | 21.57 |
| 1980 | 18.75 |
| 1979 | 16.4 |
| 1978 | 16.1 |
| 1977 | 24.03 |
| 1976 | 11.52 |
| 1975 | 17.11 |
| 1974 | 20.18 |
| 1973 | 17.93 |
| 1972 | 16.93 |
| 1971 | 21.2 |
| 1970 | 18.84 |
| 1969 | 16.04 |
| 1968 | 20.23 |
| 1967 | 13.69 |
| 1966 | 21.76 |
| 1965 | 22.5 |
| 1964 | 24.57 |
| 1963 | 13.74 |
| 1962 | 20.69 |
| 1961 | 16.3 |
| 1960 | 16.22 |
| 1959 | 16.28 |
| 1958 | 13.98 |
| 1957 | 22.4 |
| 1956 | 19.62 |
| 1955 | 19.17 |
| 1954 | 18.41 |
| 1953 | 18.63 |
| 1952 | 12.4 |
| 1951 | 14.2 |
| 1950 | 20.35 |