# Annual precipitation in Whatcom County

Annual precipitation in Whatcom County was 73.81 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-53073`
- 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/whatcom-county-washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-53073

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 73.81 |
| 2024 | 72.37 |
| 2023 | 53.17 |
| 2022 | 64.92 |
| 2021 | 84.34 |
| 2020 | 82.93 |
| 2019 | 56.25 |
| 2018 | 75.86 |
| 2017 | 76.07 |
| 2016 | 78.23 |
| 2015 | 75.37 |
| 2014 | 89.09 |
| 2013 | 66.07 |
| 2012 | 82.44 |
| 2011 | 77.74 |
| 2010 | 69.84 |
| 2009 | 70.48 |
| 2008 | 62.18 |
| 2007 | 74.31 |
| 2006 | 78.04 |
| 2005 | 62.77 |
| 2004 | 67.19 |
| 2003 | 76.35 |
| 2002 | 64.03 |
| 2001 | 64.2 |
| 2000 | 56.76 |
| 1999 | 83.83 |
| 1998 | 71.71 |
| 1997 | 88.28 |
| 1996 | 80.76 |
| 1995 | 80.12 |
| 1994 | 68.6 |
| 1993 | 54.91 |
| 1992 | 63.28 |
| 1991 | 67.66 |
| 1990 | 91.65 |
| 1989 | 67.32 |
| 1988 | 71.54 |
| 1987 | 52.45 |
| 1986 | 72.2 |
| 1985 | 51.62 |
| 1984 | 78.93 |
| 1983 | 74.86 |
| 1982 | 75.1 |
| 1981 | 70.36 |
| 1980 | 74.2 |
| 1979 | 61.79 |
| 1978 | 55.09 |
| 1977 | 66.01 |
| 1976 | 63.03 |
| 1975 | 82.54 |
| 1974 | 83.4 |
| 1973 | 59.51 |
| 1972 | 86.56 |
| 1971 | 83.56 |
| 1970 | 59.66 |
| 1969 | 58.03 |
| 1968 | 81.55 |
| 1967 | 79.63 |
| 1966 | 71.32 |
| 1965 | 65.84 |
| 1964 | 72.54 |
| 1963 | 67.84 |
| 1962 | 65.01 |
| 1961 | 79.06 |
| 1960 | 67.88 |
| 1959 | 82.49 |
| 1958 | 71.44 |
| 1957 | 51.59 |
| 1956 | 69.65 |
| 1955 | 74.4 |
| 1954 | 74.25 |
| 1953 | 84.64 |
| 1952 | 42.31 |
| 1951 | 67.02 |
| 1950 | 82.53 |