# Annual precipitation in Rutherford County

Annual precipitation in Rutherford County was 41.2 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-37161`
- 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/rutherford-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-37161

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 41.2 |
| 2024 | 59.41 |
| 2023 | 46.27 |
| 2022 | 48.66 |
| 2021 | 42.78 |
| 2020 | 69.02 |
| 2019 | 53.51 |
| 2018 | 70.85 |
| 2017 | 48.59 |
| 2016 | 33.67 |
| 2015 | 59.12 |
| 2014 | 47.84 |
| 2013 | 70.6 |
| 2012 | 45.83 |
| 2011 | 48.73 |
| 2010 | 42.56 |
| 2009 | 58.64 |
| 2008 | 39.42 |
| 2007 | 31.45 |
| 2006 | 46.07 |
| 2005 | 49.47 |
| 2004 | 56.59 |
| 2003 | 64.42 |
| 2002 | 46.42 |
| 2001 | 39.91 |
| 2000 | 39.07 |
| 1999 | 41.09 |
| 1998 | 52.92 |
| 1997 | 49.25 |
| 1996 | 51.32 |
| 1995 | 58.91 |
| 1994 | 59.19 |
| 1993 | 43.7 |
| 1992 | 61.71 |
| 1991 | 48.23 |
| 1990 | 55.63 |
| 1989 | 59.57 |
| 1988 | 34.71 |
| 1987 | 47.04 |
| 1986 | 42.56 |
| 1985 | 47.06 |
| 1984 | 51.33 |
| 1983 | 56.32 |
| 1982 | 52.34 |
| 1981 | 35.79 |
| 1980 | 50.83 |
| 1979 | 61.95 |
| 1978 | 44.66 |
| 1977 | 49.94 |
| 1976 | 53.77 |
| 1975 | 64.77 |
| 1974 | 54.16 |
| 1973 | 60.28 |
| 1972 | 53.97 |
| 1971 | 55.21 |
| 1970 | 44.72 |
| 1969 | 57.45 |
| 1968 | 45.73 |
| 1967 | 55.38 |
| 1966 | 49.5 |
| 1965 | 46.86 |
| 1964 | 66.79 |
| 1963 | 42.78 |
| 1962 | 51.1 |
| 1961 | 57.61 |
| 1960 | 49.74 |
| 1959 | 58.43 |
| 1958 | 47.64 |
| 1957 | 60.05 |
| 1956 | 45.6 |
| 1955 | 44.22 |
| 1954 | 40.89 |
| 1953 | 45.49 |
| 1952 | 48.05 |
| 1951 | 41.93 |
| 1950 | 46.22 |