Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation, 2025

Fayette County had the highest annual precipitation of 67 counties in 2025, at 62.62 inches. Russell County had the lowest, at 42.84 inches. The median was 51.77 inches and the figure for Alabama was 51.8 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest62.62Fayette County
Lowest42.84Russell County
Median51.7767 counties
Alabama51.8History

Top 40 counties, 2025

Fayette County: 62.62 inchesFayette County62.62Franklin County: 59.72 inchesFranklin County59.72Mobile County: 59.69 inchesMobile County59.69Pickens County: 59.48 inchesPickens County59.48Colbert County: 59.25 inchesColbert County59.25Greene County: 57.79 inchesGreene County57.79Lamar County: 57.73 inchesLamar County57.73Clay County: 57.08 inchesClay County57.08Talladega County: 56.86 inchesTalladega County56.86Cullman County: 56.7 inchesCullman County56.7Baldwin County: 56.14 inchesBaldwin County56.14Blount County: 55.89 inchesBlount County55.89Jackson County: 55.79 inchesJackson County55.79Lawrence County: 55.75 inchesLawrence County55.75Winston County: 55.71 inchesWinston County55.71Marion County: 55.57 inchesMarion County55.57Lauderdale County: 55.4 inchesLauderdale County55.4Chilton County: 55.2 inchesChilton County55.2Marshall County: 55.19 inchesMarshall County55.19St. Clair County: 54.83 inchesSt. Clair County54.83Coosa County: 54.27 inchesCoosa County54.27Elmore County: 54.16 inchesElmore County54.16Calhoun County: 54.1 inchesCalhoun County54.1Madison County: 53.9 inchesMadison County53.9Cleburne County: 53.65 inchesCleburne County53.65Shelby County: 53.36 inchesShelby County53.36Walker County: 53.16 inchesWalker County53.16Montgomery County: 52.78 inchesMontgomery County52.78Pike County: 52.5 inchesPike County52.5Morgan County: 52.12 inchesMorgan County52.12Autauga County: 52.08 inchesAutauga County52.08DeKalb County: 51.96 inchesDeKalb County51.96Limestone County: 51.81 inchesLimestone County51.81Washington County: 51.77 inchesWashington County51.77Bibb County: 51.76 inchesBibb County51.76Hale County: 51.63 inchesHale County51.63Sumter County: 51.46 inchesSumter County51.46Randolph County: 51.24 inchesRandolph County51.24Coffee County: 50.98 inchesCoffee County50.98Crenshaw County: 50.81 inchesCrenshaw County50.81
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
inches
Change on 2024
1Fayette County62.62+5.2%
2Franklin County59.72+12.9%
3Mobile County59.69-6%
4Pickens County59.48+13.5%
5Colbert County59.25+9.3%
6Greene County57.79+11.5%
7Lamar County57.73+4.4%
8Clay County57.08-3.9%
9Talladega County56.86+5.1%
10Cullman County56.7+3.4%
11Baldwin County56.14-10.1%
12Blount County55.89+7.4%
13Jackson County55.79+6.8%
14Lawrence County55.75+10.2%
15Winston County55.71+2.1%
16Marion County55.57+2.3%
17Lauderdale County55.4+2.3%
18Chilton County55.2+0.9%
19Marshall County55.19+13.4%
20St. Clair County54.83+6.8%
21Coosa County54.27-9.5%
22Elmore County54.16-16.7%
23Calhoun County54.1+3.5%
24Madison County53.9+0.3%
25Cleburne County53.65-6.4%
26Shelby County53.36+1.8%
27Walker County53.16-3.9%
28Montgomery County52.78-15.3%
29Pike County52.5-14.7%
30Morgan County52.12-0.8%
31Autauga County52.08-12.4%
32DeKalb County51.96+2.2%
33Limestone County51.81-3.2%
34Washington County51.77-13.5%
35Bibb County51.76-2%
36Hale County51.63+2.5%
37Sumter County51.46+1.8%
38Randolph County51.24-13.6%
39Coffee County50.98-18.5%
40Crenshaw County50.81-15.6%
41Tuscaloosa County50.62-6.4%
42Etowah County49.82+2.1%
43Geneva County49.61-21.8%
44Bullock County49.55-20%
45Tallapoosa County49.51-21.1%
46Jefferson County49.48-3.4%
47Clarke County49.42-15.8%
48Choctaw County49.3-12.4%
49Cherokee County49.13-4%
50Escambia County49.1-14.6%
51Chambers County48.62-19%
52Lowndes County48.08-17.6%
53Macon County47.99-23.5%
54Covington County47.79-19.1%
55Monroe County47.77-21.7%
56Barbour County47.37-22.6%
57Butler County47.28-20.1%
58Dale County47.25-18.7%
59Conecuh County47.15-25%
60Lee County45.68-28.2%
61Perry County45.27-7.8%
62Marengo County44.74-6.3%
63Dallas County44.51-18.5%
64Wilcox County44.36-19.5%
65Henry County44.25-19.9%
66Houston County43.7-26%
67Russell County42.84-30.1%

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation, 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/alabama-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/alabama-counties.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/alabama-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Fayette County, with 62.62 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Russell County, with 42.84 inches in 2025.

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