Annual precipitation in Santa Barbara County

Annual precipitation in Santa Barbara County was 25.28 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is up 12.1% from 2024. That is the 27th highest of 58 counties in 2025.

2025, inches25.28

Change on 2024+12.1%

Rank27th of 58Counties in California ranked

Series high39.141983

Series low3.942013

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Annual precipitation in Santa Barbara County, 1950 to 2025

inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-06.

All 76 values

Period	inches
2025	25.28
2024	22.55
2023	32.74
2022	10.3
2021	16.54
2020	11.34
2019	26.65
2018	12.72
2017	20.52
2016	15.99
2015	5.05
2014	13.21
2013	3.94
2012	12.51
2011	16.36
2010	30.25
2009	13.14
2008	20.42
2007	8.01
2006	18.82
2005	24.54
2004	19.96
2003	13.94
2002	11.94
2001	26.94
2000	20.59
1999	13.52
1998	38.72
1997	17.29
1996	24.78
1995	35.81
1994	16.63
1993	27.31
1992	23
1991	24.09
1990	7.83
1989	5.41
1988	15.64
1987	16.66
1986	17.96
1985	10.76
1984	10.67
1983	39.14
1982	24.11
1981	17.6
1980	20.5
1979	19.63
1978	35.83
1977	12.85
1976	12.93
1975	12.44
1974	20.68
1973	24.74
1972	8.51
1971	12.83
1970	19.73
1969	32.46
1968	12.17
1967	20.9
1966	12.82
1965	21.72
1964	14.61
1963	19.64
1962	21.27
1961	9.13
1960	18.28
1959	11.49
1958	26.33
1957	19.26
1956	11.12
1955	19.87
1954	17.26
1953	7.27
1952	32.19
1951	14.51
1950	11.76

Compared with California and United States

Place	2025
Santa Barbara County	25.28
California	23.29
United States	29.26

Rankings

US states by annual precipitation 50 places
Counties in California by annual precipitation 58 places

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.

Values are area averages, not the reading at one weather station. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (Annual precipitation, Santa Barbara County, 1950 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

MLA 9

NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Annual precipitation, Santa Barbara County, 1950 to 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/santa-barbara-county-california. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Annual precipitation, Santa Barbara County, 1950 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/santa-barbara-county-california.

Harvard

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Annual precipitation, Santa Barbara County, 1950 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/santa-barbara-county-california (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{noaa_annual_precipitation_santa_barbara_2025,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Annual precipitation, Santa Barbara County, 1950 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/santa-barbara-county-california. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

RIS

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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39.14 inches in 1983, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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