# Annual precipitation in Shelby County

Annual precipitation in Shelby County was 60.21 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-47157`
- 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/shelby-county-tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-47157

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 60.21 |
| 2024 | 58.23 |
| 2023 | 53.98 |
| 2022 | 54.86 |
| 2021 | 54.94 |
| 2020 | 56.76 |
| 2019 | 74.7 |
| 2018 | 66.64 |
| 2017 | 53.37 |
| 2016 | 60.18 |
| 2015 | 55.25 |
| 2014 | 58.88 |
| 2013 | 61.59 |
| 2012 | 40.19 |
| 2011 | 62.93 |
| 2010 | 49.13 |
| 2009 | 65.79 |
| 2008 | 59.88 |
| 2007 | 38.05 |
| 2006 | 46.26 |
| 2005 | 42.57 |
| 2004 | 57.54 |
| 2003 | 57.04 |
| 2002 | 72.37 |
| 2001 | 65.28 |
| 2000 | 39.75 |
| 1999 | 44.32 |
| 1998 | 49.59 |
| 1997 | 64.18 |
| 1996 | 61.96 |
| 1995 | 46.58 |
| 1994 | 50.16 |
| 1993 | 48.22 |
| 1992 | 45.93 |
| 1991 | 66 |
| 1990 | 60.4 |
| 1989 | 59.6 |
| 1988 | 52.43 |
| 1987 | 55.13 |
| 1986 | 40.56 |
| 1985 | 46.69 |
| 1984 | 57.71 |
| 1983 | 53.96 |
| 1982 | 64.97 |
| 1981 | 43.18 |
| 1980 | 49.19 |
| 1979 | 68.96 |
| 1978 | 56.97 |
| 1977 | 44.59 |
| 1976 | 45.19 |
| 1975 | 59.17 |
| 1974 | 61.71 |
| 1973 | 63.52 |
| 1972 | 57.27 |
| 1971 | 48.5 |
| 1970 | 52.65 |
| 1969 | 41.98 |
| 1968 | 49.91 |
| 1967 | 46.25 |
| 1966 | 44.87 |
| 1965 | 42.61 |
| 1964 | 55.46 |
| 1963 | 36.36 |
| 1962 | 46.56 |
| 1961 | 52.71 |
| 1960 | 47.31 |
| 1959 | 48.82 |
| 1958 | 49.19 |
| 1957 | 72.68 |
| 1956 | 46.49 |
| 1955 | 51.15 |
| 1954 | 38.63 |
| 1953 | 52.21 |
| 1952 | 37.28 |
| 1951 | 57.41 |
| 1950 | 67.41 |