# Annual precipitation in Polk County

Annual precipitation in Polk County was 51.49 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-47139`
- 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-tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-47139

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 51.49 |
| 2024 | 51.52 |
| 2023 | 53.73 |
| 2022 | 56.21 |
| 2021 | 64.97 |
| 2020 | 76.62 |
| 2019 | 66.3 |
| 2018 | 76.61 |
| 2017 | 54.88 |
| 2016 | 40.64 |
| 2015 | 68.18 |
| 2014 | 51.43 |
| 2013 | 75.89 |
| 2012 | 51.81 |
| 2011 | 63.94 |
| 2010 | 49.03 |
| 2009 | 67.29 |
| 2008 | 48.28 |
| 2007 | 33.81 |
| 2006 | 49.24 |
| 2005 | 49.68 |
| 2004 | 63.44 |
| 2003 | 68.4 |
| 2002 | 59.53 |
| 2001 | 47.8 |
| 2000 | 49.18 |
| 1999 | 48.49 |
| 1998 | 56.81 |
| 1997 | 56.69 |
| 1996 | 65.03 |
| 1995 | 58.86 |
| 1994 | 69.73 |
| 1993 | 45.56 |
| 1992 | 58.55 |
| 1991 | 56.86 |
| 1990 | 70.86 |
| 1989 | 72.86 |
| 1988 | 41.79 |
| 1987 | 42.01 |
| 1986 | 43.41 |
| 1985 | 42.49 |
| 1984 | 55.13 |
| 1983 | 57.21 |
| 1982 | 62.05 |
| 1981 | 47.07 |
| 1980 | 50.74 |
| 1979 | 65.84 |
| 1978 | 46.19 |
| 1977 | 63.09 |
| 1976 | 55.78 |
| 1975 | 68 |
| 1974 | 57.99 |
| 1973 | 67.02 |
| 1972 | 64 |
| 1971 | 57.55 |
| 1970 | 47.39 |
| 1969 | 50.84 |
| 1968 | 43.52 |
| 1967 | 65.13 |
| 1966 | 55.36 |
| 1965 | 48.21 |
| 1964 | 65.67 |
| 1963 | 54.39 |
| 1962 | 56.54 |
| 1961 | 63.86 |
| 1960 | 47.29 |
| 1959 | 56.49 |
| 1958 | 47.31 |
| 1957 | 68.69 |
| 1956 | 53.11 |
| 1955 | 51.88 |
| 1954 | 52.79 |
| 1953 | 52.15 |
| 1952 | 48.68 |
| 1951 | 61.21 |
| 1950 | 58.83 |