# Annual precipitation in United States

Annual precipitation in United States was 29.26 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us`
- 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/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/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/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2026/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 29.26 |
| 2024 | 31.64 |
| 2023 | 29.53 |
| 2022 | 28.45 |
| 2021 | 30.41 |
| 2020 | 30.38 |
| 2019 | 34.82 |
| 2018 | 34.62 |
| 2017 | 32.29 |
| 2016 | 31.41 |
| 2015 | 34.58 |
| 2014 | 30.81 |
| 2013 | 31.04 |
| 2012 | 27.52 |
| 2011 | 30.09 |
| 2010 | 31.36 |
| 2009 | 32.29 |
| 2008 | 31.24 |
| 2007 | 29.16 |
| 2006 | 29.82 |
| 2005 | 30.08 |
| 2004 | 33.23 |
| 2003 | 30.49 |
| 2002 | 29.05 |
| 2001 | 29.02 |
| 2000 | 28.22 |
| 1999 | 28.46 |
| 1998 | 33.85 |
| 1997 | 31.82 |
| 1996 | 33.67 |
| 1995 | 32.67 |
| 1994 | 30.62 |
| 1993 | 32.6 |
| 1992 | 31.25 |
| 1991 | 32.44 |
| 1990 | 32.16 |
| 1989 | 29.04 |
| 1988 | 25.9 |
| 1987 | 29 |
| 1986 | 31.37 |
| 1985 | 29.95 |
| 1984 | 31.4 |
| 1983 | 34.72 |
| 1982 | 33.84 |
| 1981 | 29.94 |
| 1980 | 28.25 |
| 1979 | 32.74 |
| 1978 | 30.09 |
| 1977 | 30.42 |
| 1976 | 26.3 |
| 1975 | 33.01 |
| 1974 | 30.61 |
| 1973 | 34.94 |
| 1972 | 31.69 |
| 1971 | 30.32 |
| 1970 | 29.68 |
| 1969 | 30.6 |
| 1968 | 30.38 |
| 1967 | 29.58 |
| 1966 | 27.43 |
| 1965 | 29.79 |
| 1964 | 30.23 |
| 1963 | 25.65 |
| 1962 | 28.58 |
| 1961 | 31.25 |
| 1960 | 28.74 |
| 1959 | 30.58 |
| 1958 | 30.22 |
| 1957 | 33.83 |
| 1956 | 25.37 |
| 1955 | 27.73 |
| 1954 | 26.15 |
| 1953 | 28.28 |
| 1952 | 26.34 |
| 1951 | 31.23 |
| 1950 | 30.87 |
| 1949 | 30.29 |
| 1948 | 30.67 |
| 1947 | 29.35 |
| 1946 | 31.06 |
| 1945 | 33.02 |
| 1944 | 30.62 |
| 1943 | 26.8 |
| 1942 | 31.31 |
| 1941 | 32.78 |
| 1940 | 30.41 |
| 1939 | 26.27 |
| 1938 | 29.72 |
| 1937 | 30.5 |
| 1936 | 27.27 |
| 1935 | 29.47 |
| 1934 | 25.77 |
| 1933 | 27.49 |
| 1932 | 30.43 |
| 1931 | 27.52 |
| 1930 | 25.56 |
| 1929 | 30.14 |
| 1928 | 29.47 |
| 1927 | 32.03 |
| 1926 | 30.91 |
| 1925 | 26.96 |
| 1924 | 26.52 |
| 1923 | 31.67 |
| 1922 | 29.86 |
| 1921 | 28.76 |
| 1920 | 31.28 |
| 1919 | 31.73 |
| 1918 | 28.75 |
| 1917 | 25.34 |
| 1916 | 29.39 |
| 1915 | 32.75 |
| 1914 | 28.8 |
| 1913 | 29.83 |
| 1912 | 30.47 |
| 1911 | 29.52 |
| 1910 | 24.9 |
| 1909 | 31.16 |
| 1908 | 29.78 |
| 1907 | 30.92 |
| 1906 | 32.82 |
| 1905 | 32.59 |
| 1904 | 27.94 |
| 1903 | 29.36 |
| 1902 | 30.63 |
| 1901 | 27.63 |
| 1900 | 30.63 |
| 1899 | 28.69 |
| 1898 | 29.56 |
| 1897 | 29.68 |
| 1896 | 29.77 |
| 1895 | 27.53 |