# Annual precipitation in Polk County

Annual precipitation in Polk County was 39.08 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-29167`
- 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/polk-county-missouri
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-29167

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 39.08 |
| 2024 | 46.26 |
| 2023 | 35.36 |
| 2022 | 44.21 |
| 2021 | 51.82 |
| 2020 | 50.09 |
| 2019 | 53.26 |
| 2018 | 40.59 |
| 2017 | 47.8 |
| 2016 | 38.08 |
| 2015 | 60.77 |
| 2014 | 34.14 |
| 2013 | 53.47 |
| 2012 | 32.62 |
| 2011 | 44.3 |
| 2010 | 47.19 |
| 2009 | 52.86 |
| 2008 | 58.43 |
| 2007 | 43.86 |
| 2006 | 34.59 |
| 2005 | 35.34 |
| 2004 | 45.51 |
| 2003 | 40.26 |
| 2002 | 36.41 |
| 2001 | 46.32 |
| 2000 | 33.51 |
| 1999 | 43.02 |
| 1998 | 49.85 |
| 1997 | 38.91 |
| 1996 | 46.62 |
| 1995 | 40.46 |
| 1994 | 47.68 |
| 1993 | 54.32 |
| 1992 | 45.87 |
| 1991 | 35.67 |
| 1990 | 58.87 |
| 1989 | 32.21 |
| 1988 | 43.08 |
| 1987 | 47.47 |
| 1986 | 47.51 |
| 1985 | 56.33 |
| 1984 | 47.62 |
| 1983 | 42.66 |
| 1982 | 44.49 |
| 1981 | 43.31 |
| 1980 | 24.29 |
| 1979 | 44.47 |
| 1978 | 40.12 |
| 1977 | 42.95 |
| 1976 | 29.2 |
| 1975 | 43.72 |
| 1974 | 44.17 |
| 1973 | 54.33 |
| 1972 | 36.62 |
| 1971 | 35.86 |
| 1970 | 39.87 |
| 1969 | 36.29 |
| 1968 | 43.92 |
| 1967 | 43.73 |
| 1966 | 34.86 |
| 1965 | 44.15 |
| 1964 | 38.21 |
| 1963 | 26.77 |
| 1962 | 33.83 |
| 1961 | 42.96 |
| 1960 | 29.99 |
| 1959 | 41.53 |
| 1958 | 45.83 |
| 1957 | 43.06 |
| 1956 | 29.06 |
| 1955 | 29.62 |
| 1954 | 33.53 |
| 1953 | 25.76 |
| 1952 | 29.61 |
| 1951 | 54.59 |
| 1950 | 37.7 |