# Annual precipitation in Sierra County

Annual precipitation in Sierra County was 47.98 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-06091`
- 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/sierra-county-california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-06091

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 47.98 |
| 2024 | 48.79 |
| 2023 | 51.21 |
| 2022 | 32.66 |
| 2021 | 44.67 |
| 2020 | 24.33 |
| 2019 | 60.82 |
| 2018 | 39.27 |
| 2017 | 80.2 |
| 2016 | 60.57 |
| 2015 | 31.09 |
| 2014 | 41.88 |
| 2013 | 13.57 |
| 2012 | 54.97 |
| 2011 | 40.07 |
| 2010 | 60.73 |
| 2009 | 38.36 |
| 2008 | 32.79 |
| 2007 | 29.6 |
| 2006 | 49.05 |
| 2005 | 60.75 |
| 2004 | 37.5 |
| 2003 | 40.2 |
| 2002 | 40.77 |
| 2001 | 38.01 |
| 2000 | 44.51 |
| 1999 | 39.82 |
| 1998 | 63.84 |
| 1997 | 40.35 |
| 1996 | 80.09 |
| 1995 | 71.26 |
| 1994 | 33.16 |
| 1993 | 49.9 |
| 1992 | 37.49 |
| 1991 | 38.93 |
| 1990 | 28.33 |
| 1989 | 42.68 |
| 1988 | 33.36 |
| 1987 | 33.28 |
| 1986 | 51.9 |
| 1985 | 31.51 |
| 1984 | 35.55 |
| 1983 | 86.57 |
| 1982 | 69.27 |
| 1981 | 62.33 |
| 1980 | 47.22 |
| 1979 | 46.16 |
| 1978 | 46.83 |
| 1977 | 32.35 |
| 1976 | 16.27 |
| 1975 | 46.42 |
| 1974 | 38.61 |
| 1973 | 59 |
| 1972 | 38.16 |
| 1971 | 40.61 |
| 1970 | 63.5 |
| 1969 | 63.17 |
| 1968 | 43.01 |
| 1967 | 53.37 |
| 1966 | 34.65 |
| 1965 | 42.12 |
| 1964 | 51.6 |
| 1963 | 54.88 |
| 1962 | 54.1 |
| 1961 | 30.31 |
| 1960 | 44.18 |
| 1959 | 31.6 |
| 1958 | 50.89 |
| 1957 | 48.66 |
| 1956 | 39.22 |
| 1955 | 56.47 |
| 1954 | 43.29 |
| 1953 | 39.08 |
| 1952 | 55.3 |
| 1951 | 51.67 |
| 1950 | 71.44 |