Data / Annual precipitation / United States

Annual precipitation in United States

Annual precipitation in the United States was 29.26 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is down 7.5% from 2024.

2025, inches29.26
Change on 2024-7.5%
Series high34.941973
Series low24.91910

Next release: Wednesday, 6 October 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Annual precipitation in United States, 1895 to 2025

22.52527.53032.535189519141933195219711990200920251895: 27.53 inches1896: 29.77 inches1897: 29.68 inches1898: 29.56 inches1899: 28.69 inches1900: 30.63 inches1901: 27.63 inches1902: 30.63 inches1903: 29.36 inches1904: 27.94 inches1905: 32.59 inches1906: 32.82 inches1907: 30.92 inches1908: 29.78 inches1909: 31.16 inches1910: 24.9 inches1911: 29.52 inches1912: 30.47 inches1913: 29.83 inches1914: 28.8 inches1915: 32.75 inches1916: 29.39 inches1917: 25.34 inches1918: 28.75 inches1919: 31.73 inches1920: 31.28 inches1921: 28.76 inches1922: 29.86 inches1923: 31.67 inches1924: 26.52 inches1925: 26.96 inches1926: 30.91 inches1927: 32.03 inches1928: 29.47 inches1929: 30.14 inches1930: 25.56 inches1931: 27.52 inches1932: 30.43 inches1933: 27.49 inches1934: 25.77 inches1935: 29.47 inches1936: 27.27 inches1937: 30.5 inches1938: 29.72 inches1939: 26.27 inches1940: 30.41 inches1941: 32.78 inches1942: 31.31 inches1943: 26.8 inches1944: 30.62 inches1945: 33.02 inches1946: 31.06 inches1947: 29.35 inches1948: 30.67 inches1949: 30.29 inches1950: 30.87 inches1951: 31.23 inches1952: 26.34 inches1953: 28.28 inches1954: 26.15 inches1955: 27.73 inches1956: 25.37 inches1957: 33.83 inches1958: 30.22 inches1959: 30.58 inches1960: 28.74 inches1961: 31.25 inches1962: 28.58 inches1963: 25.65 inches1964: 30.23 inches1965: 29.79 inches1966: 27.43 inches1967: 29.58 inches1968: 30.38 inches1969: 30.6 inches1970: 29.68 inches1971: 30.32 inches1972: 31.69 inches1973: 34.94 inches1974: 30.61 inches1975: 33.01 inches1976: 26.3 inches1977: 30.42 inches1978: 30.09 inches1979: 32.74 inches1980: 28.25 inches1981: 29.94 inches1982: 33.84 inches1983: 34.72 inches1984: 31.4 inches1985: 29.95 inches1986: 31.37 inches1987: 29 inches1988: 25.9 inches1989: 29.04 inches1990: 32.16 inches1991: 32.44 inches1992: 31.25 inches1993: 32.6 inches1994: 30.62 inches1995: 32.67 inches1996: 33.67 inches1997: 31.82 inches1998: 33.85 inches1999: 28.46 inches2000: 28.22 inches2001: 29.02 inches2002: 29.05 inches2003: 30.49 inches2004: 33.23 inches2005: 30.08 inches2006: 29.82 inches2007: 29.16 inches2008: 31.24 inches2009: 32.29 inches2010: 31.36 inches2011: 30.09 inches2012: 27.52 inches2013: 31.04 inches2014: 30.81 inches2015: 34.58 inches2016: 31.41 inches2017: 32.29 inches2018: 34.62 inches2019: 34.82 inches2020: 30.38 inches2021: 30.41 inches2022: 28.45 inches2023: 29.53 inches2024: 31.64 inches2025: 29.26 inches
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-06.
All 131 values
Periodinches
202529.26
202431.64
202329.53
202228.45
202130.41
202030.38
201934.82
201834.62
201732.29
201631.41
201534.58
201430.81
201331.04
201227.52
201130.09
201031.36
200932.29
200831.24
200729.16
200629.82
200530.08
200433.23
200330.49
200229.05
200129.02
200028.22
199928.46
199833.85
199731.82
199633.67
199532.67
199430.62
199332.6
199231.25
199132.44
199032.16
198929.04
198825.9
198729
198631.37
198529.95
198431.4
198334.72
198233.84
198129.94
198028.25
197932.74
197830.09
197730.42
197626.3
197533.01
197430.61
197334.94
197231.69
197130.32
197029.68
196930.6
196830.38
196729.58
196627.43
196529.79
196430.23
196325.65
196228.58
196131.25
196028.74
195930.58
195830.22
195733.83
195625.37
195527.73
195426.15
195328.28
195226.34
195131.23
195030.87
194930.29
194830.67
194729.35
194631.06
194533.02
194430.62
194326.8
194231.31
194132.78
194030.41
193926.27
193829.72
193730.5
193627.27
193529.47
193425.77
193327.49
193230.43
193127.52
193025.56
192930.14
192829.47
192732.03
192630.91
192526.96
192426.52
192331.67
192229.86
192128.76
192031.28
191931.73
191828.75
191725.34
191629.39
191532.75
191428.8
191329.83
191230.47
191129.52
191024.9
190931.16
190829.78
190730.92
190632.82
190532.59
190427.94
190329.36
190230.63
190127.63
190030.63
189928.69
189829.56
189729.68
189629.77
189527.53

Rankings

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, 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/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide (Annual precipitation, United States, 1895 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json

MLA 9

NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide, Annual precipitation, United States, 1895 to 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide. Annual precipitation, United States, 1895 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states.

Harvard

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide, Annual precipitation, United States, 1895 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{noaa_annual_precipitation_united_states_2025,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide: Annual precipitation, United States, 1895 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states. Publisher attribution: 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/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
TI  - NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide: Annual precipitation, United States, 1895 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
PB  - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest annual precipitation in United States? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"precipitation_annual","place":"us"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the annual precipitation in United States?

Annual precipitation in the United States was 29.26 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is down 7.5% from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest annual precipitation in United States?

34.94 inches in 1973, the highest value since 1895 in this series.

Related statistics for United States

All statistics for United States | United States in figures