# Annual precipitation in Rowan County

Annual precipitation in Rowan County was 36.46 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-37159`
- 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/rowan-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-37159

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 36.46 |
| 2024 | 50.29 |
| 2023 | 43.08 |
| 2022 | 41.95 |
| 2021 | 36.16 |
| 2020 | 62.38 |
| 2019 | 44.38 |
| 2018 | 61.07 |
| 2017 | 44.92 |
| 2016 | 33.97 |
| 2015 | 48.29 |
| 2014 | 42.65 |
| 2013 | 53.73 |
| 2012 | 35.69 |
| 2011 | 43.08 |
| 2010 | 43.69 |
| 2009 | 49.93 |
| 2008 | 43.44 |
| 2007 | 30.25 |
| 2006 | 42 |
| 2005 | 42.54 |
| 2004 | 44.17 |
| 2003 | 61.94 |
| 2002 | 43.47 |
| 2001 | 31.97 |
| 2000 | 33.77 |
| 1999 | 38.35 |
| 1998 | 40.21 |
| 1997 | 46.16 |
| 1996 | 43.8 |
| 1995 | 56.14 |
| 1994 | 43.8 |
| 1993 | 43.48 |
| 1992 | 46.72 |
| 1991 | 41.75 |
| 1990 | 52.67 |
| 1989 | 54.96 |
| 1988 | 40.58 |
| 1987 | 45.55 |
| 1986 | 29.22 |
| 1985 | 44.82 |
| 1984 | 46.21 |
| 1983 | 45.06 |
| 1982 | 46.11 |
| 1981 | 40.36 |
| 1980 | 40.19 |
| 1979 | 54.11 |
| 1978 | 46.52 |
| 1977 | 42.9 |
| 1976 | 42.13 |
| 1975 | 57.37 |
| 1974 | 50.77 |
| 1973 | 50.28 |
| 1972 | 48.96 |
| 1971 | 52.1 |
| 1970 | 45.89 |
| 1969 | 41.31 |
| 1968 | 42.71 |
| 1967 | 40.01 |
| 1966 | 37.69 |
| 1965 | 40.2 |
| 1964 | 54.95 |
| 1963 | 40.47 |
| 1962 | 52.86 |
| 1961 | 45.14 |
| 1960 | 45.58 |
| 1959 | 52.68 |
| 1958 | 46.6 |
| 1957 | 52.55 |
| 1956 | 46.3 |
| 1955 | 40.98 |
| 1954 | 46.37 |
| 1953 | 43.39 |
| 1952 | 47.7 |
| 1951 | 36.02 |
| 1950 | 38.42 |