# Annual precipitation in South Carolina

Annual precipitation in South Carolina was 43.11 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- 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, contiguous US and statewide (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/38/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json)
- 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, contiguous US and statewide. 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/statewide/time-series/38/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-state-45

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 43.11 |
| 2024 | 52.89 |
| 2023 | 51.6 |
| 2022 | 45.43 |
| 2021 | 47.47 |
| 2020 | 59.87 |
| 2019 | 46.03 |
| 2018 | 57.3 |
| 2017 | 46.57 |
| 2016 | 46.25 |
| 2015 | 60.66 |
| 2014 | 47.03 |
| 2013 | 56.39 |
| 2012 | 43.77 |
| 2011 | 38.21 |
| 2010 | 41.2 |
| 2009 | 50.56 |
| 2008 | 45.77 |
| 2007 | 34.9 |
| 2006 | 43.73 |
| 2005 | 47.51 |
| 2004 | 45.85 |
| 2003 | 55.19 |
| 2002 | 46.54 |
| 2001 | 34.72 |
| 2000 | 41.24 |
| 1999 | 44.14 |
| 1998 | 54.12 |
| 1997 | 53.87 |
| 1996 | 46 |
| 1995 | 54.41 |
| 1994 | 56.17 |
| 1993 | 44.12 |
| 1992 | 54.79 |
| 1991 | 50.92 |
| 1990 | 46.18 |
| 1989 | 53.95 |
| 1988 | 39.26 |
| 1987 | 47.63 |
| 1986 | 39.88 |
| 1985 | 48.07 |
| 1984 | 47.65 |
| 1983 | 52.24 |
| 1982 | 50.24 |
| 1981 | 40.19 |
| 1980 | 45.05 |
| 1979 | 56.05 |
| 1978 | 41.1 |
| 1977 | 44.19 |
| 1976 | 51.61 |
| 1975 | 58.23 |
| 1974 | 47.93 |
| 1973 | 54.87 |
| 1972 | 49.35 |
| 1971 | 58.82 |
| 1970 | 44.12 |
| 1969 | 49.94 |
| 1968 | 43.78 |
| 1967 | 46.97 |
| 1966 | 48.05 |
| 1965 | 48.52 |
| 1964 | 69.32 |
| 1963 | 45.16 |
| 1962 | 48.88 |
| 1961 | 51.52 |
| 1960 | 48.72 |
| 1959 | 60.86 |
| 1958 | 47.58 |
| 1957 | 48.8 |
| 1956 | 41.49 |
| 1955 | 41.97 |
| 1954 | 31.72 |
| 1953 | 46.58 |
| 1952 | 46.42 |
| 1951 | 38.04 |
| 1950 | 41.29 |
| 1949 | 46.72 |
| 1948 | 59.74 |
| 1947 | 55.56 |
| 1946 | 44.34 |
| 1945 | 54.04 |
| 1944 | 47.73 |
| 1943 | 43.84 |
| 1942 | 46.72 |
| 1941 | 44.81 |
| 1940 | 42.1 |
| 1939 | 45.38 |
| 1938 | 40.35 |
| 1937 | 50.2 |
| 1936 | 55.23 |
| 1935 | 41.97 |
| 1934 | 44.67 |
| 1933 | 36.99 |
| 1932 | 52.35 |
| 1931 | 35.37 |
| 1930 | 40.68 |
| 1929 | 63.14 |
| 1928 | 59.89 |
| 1927 | 41.25 |
| 1926 | 42.38 |
| 1925 | 36.73 |
| 1924 | 56.77 |
| 1923 | 45.51 |
| 1922 | 57.9 |
| 1921 | 42.36 |
| 1920 | 51.77 |
| 1919 | 45.39 |
| 1918 | 45.45 |
| 1917 | 42.93 |
| 1916 | 43.43 |
| 1915 | 49.41 |
| 1914 | 44.75 |
| 1913 | 48.81 |
| 1912 | 54.56 |
| 1911 | 40.03 |
| 1910 | 45.6 |
| 1909 | 45.64 |
| 1908 | 54.48 |
| 1907 | 47.37 |
| 1906 | 54.48 |
| 1905 | 44.96 |
| 1904 | 40.24 |
| 1903 | 50.88 |
| 1902 | 46.69 |
| 1901 | 55.24 |
| 1900 | 50.63 |
| 1899 | 46.77 |
| 1898 | 48.54 |
| 1897 | 46.71 |
| 1896 | 45.85 |
| 1895 | 48.32 |