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Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation

Fayette County had the highest annual precipitation of 67 counties in 2019, at 78.61 inches. Wilcox County had the lowest, at 42.58 inches. The median was 53.46 inches and the figure for Alabama was 56.3 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest78.61Fayette County
Lowest42.58Wilcox County
Median53.4667 counties
Alabama56.3History

Map of counties, 2019

Autauga County: 47.63 inchesBaldwin County: 55.61 inchesBarbour County: 44.59 inchesBibb County: 52.44 inchesBlount County: 64.6 inchesBullock County: 45.23 inchesButler County: 47.28 inchesCalhoun County: 57.1 inchesChambers County: 53.13 inchesCherokee County: 61.73 inchesChilton County: 47.52 inchesChoctaw County: 58.43 inchesClarke County: 51.57 inchesClay County: 57.74 inchesCleburne County: 53.46 inchesCoffee County: 42.85 inchesColbert County: 70.41 inchesConecuh County: 51.87 inchesCoosa County: 51.98 inchesCovington County: 47.43 inchesCrenshaw County: 46.16 inchesCullman County: 67.49 inchesDale County: 42.92 inchesDallas County: 45.96 inchesDeKalb County: 64.47 inchesElmore County: 48.01 inchesEscambia County: 52.23 inchesEtowah County: 65.12 inchesFayette County: 78.61 inchesFranklin County: 74.89 inchesGeneva County: 44.49 inchesGreene County: 61.49 inchesHale County: 56.56 inchesHenry County: 43.91 inchesHouston County: 43.12 inchesJackson County: 65.11 inchesJefferson County: 53.12 inchesLamar County: 77.66 inchesLauderdale County: 69.67 inchesLawrence County: 69.46 inchesLee County: 50.57 inchesLimestone County: 68 inchesLowndes County: 46.4 inchesMacon County: 47.12 inchesMadison County: 67.94 inchesMarengo County: 46.36 inchesMarion County: 78.21 inchesMarshall County: 64.89 inchesMobile County: 61.3 inchesMonroe County: 47.68 inchesMontgomery County: 46.41 inchesMorgan County: 66.06 inchesPerry County: 48.96 inchesPickens County: 73.06 inchesPike County: 46.53 inchesRandolph County: 55.04 inchesRussell County: 46.48 inchesSt. Clair County: 58.15 inchesShelby County: 52.52 inchesSumter County: 56.15 inchesTalladega County: 56.15 inchesTallapoosa County: 51.77 inchesTuscaloosa County: 61.9 inchesWalker County: 63.95 inchesWashington County: 65.8 inchesWilcox County: 42.58 inchesWinston County: 74.49 inches
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inches, 2019. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2019

Fayette County: 78.61 inchesFayette County78.61Marion County: 78.21 inchesMarion County78.21Lamar County: 77.66 inchesLamar County77.66Franklin County: 74.89 inchesFranklin County74.89Winston County: 74.49 inchesWinston County74.49Pickens County: 73.06 inchesPickens County73.06Colbert County: 70.41 inchesColbert County70.41Lauderdale County: 69.67 inchesLauderdale County69.67Lawrence County: 69.46 inchesLawrence County69.46Limestone County: 68 inchesLimestone County68Madison County: 67.94 inchesMadison County67.94Cullman County: 67.49 inchesCullman County67.49Morgan County: 66.06 inchesMorgan County66.06Washington County: 65.8 inchesWashington County65.8Etowah County: 65.12 inchesEtowah County65.12Jackson County: 65.11 inchesJackson County65.11Marshall County: 64.89 inchesMarshall County64.89Blount County: 64.6 inchesBlount County64.6DeKalb County: 64.47 inchesDeKalb County64.47Walker County: 63.95 inchesWalker County63.95Tuscaloosa County: 61.9 inchesTuscaloosa County61.9Cherokee County: 61.73 inchesCherokee County61.73Greene County: 61.49 inchesGreene County61.49Mobile County: 61.3 inchesMobile County61.3Choctaw County: 58.43 inchesChoctaw County58.43St. Clair County: 58.15 inchesSt. Clair County58.15Clay County: 57.74 inchesClay County57.74Calhoun County: 57.1 inchesCalhoun County57.1Hale County: 56.56 inchesHale County56.56Sumter County: 56.15 inchesSumter County56.15Talladega County: 56.15 inchesTalladega County56.15Baldwin County: 55.61 inchesBaldwin County55.61Randolph County: 55.04 inchesRandolph County55.04Cleburne County: 53.46 inchesCleburne County53.46Chambers County: 53.13 inchesChambers County53.13Jefferson County: 53.12 inchesJefferson County53.12Shelby County: 52.52 inchesShelby County52.52Bibb County: 52.44 inchesBibb County52.44Escambia County: 52.23 inchesEscambia County52.23Coosa County: 51.98 inchesCoosa County51.98Fayette County: 78.61 inchesFayette County78.61Marion County: 78.21 inchesMarion County78.21Lamar County: 77.66 inchesLamar County77.66Franklin County: 74.89 inchesFranklin County74.89Winston County: 74.49 inchesWinston County74.49Pickens County: 73.06 inchesPickens County73.06Colbert County: 70.41 inchesColbert County70.41Lauderdale County: 69.67 inchesLauderdale County69.67Lawrence County: 69.46 inchesLawrence County69.46Limestone County: 68 inchesLimestone County68Madison County: 67.94 inchesMadison County67.94Cullman County: 67.49 inchesCullman County67.49Morgan County: 66.06 inchesMorgan County66.06Washington County: 65.8 inchesWashington County65.8Etowah County: 65.12 inchesEtowah County65.12Jackson County: 65.11 inchesJackson County65.11Marshall County: 64.89 inchesMarshall County64.89Blount County: 64.6 inchesBlount County64.6DeKalb County: 64.47 inchesDeKalb County64.47Walker County: 63.95 inchesWalker County63.95Tuscaloosa County: 61.9 inchesTuscaloosa County61.9Cherokee County: 61.73 inchesCherokee County61.73Greene County: 61.49 inchesGreene County61.49Mobile County: 61.3 inchesMobile County61.3Choctaw County: 58.43 inchesChoctaw County58.43St. Clair County: 58.15 inchesSt. Clair County58.15Clay County: 57.74 inchesClay County57.74Calhoun County: 57.1 inchesCalhoun County57.1Hale County: 56.56 inchesHale County56.56Sumter County: 56.15 inchesSumter County56.15Talladega County: 56.15 inchesTalladega County56.15Baldwin County: 55.61 inchesBaldwin County55.61Randolph County: 55.04 inchesRandolph County55.04Cleburne County: 53.46 inchesCleburne County53.46Chambers County: 53.13 inchesChambers County53.13Jefferson County: 53.12 inchesJefferson County53.12Shelby County: 52.52 inchesShelby County52.52Bibb County: 52.44 inchesBibb County52.44Escambia County: 52.23 inchesEscambia County52.23Coosa County: 51.98 inchesCoosa County51.98
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
inches		Change on 2018
1Fayette County78.61+11.1%
2Marion County78.21+19.7%
3Lamar County77.66+20.4%
4Franklin County74.89+17.6%
5Winston County74.49+14.5%
6Pickens County73.06+17.9%
7Colbert County70.41+11.8%
8Lauderdale County69.67+8.6%
9Lawrence County69.46+8.8%
10Limestone County68+4.8%
11Madison County67.94+4.7%
12Cullman County67.49+9.8%
13Morgan County66.06+7%
14Washington County65.8-4.2%
15Etowah County65.12+9.2%
16Jackson County65.11-0.9%
17Marshall County64.89+8.3%
18Blount County64.6+6.4%
19DeKalb County64.47-1.8%
20Walker County63.95+5%
21Tuscaloosa County61.9-3.6%
22Cherokee County61.73-5.5%
23Greene County61.49-1.7%
24Mobile County61.3-12.9%
25Choctaw County58.43-6.2%
26St. Clair County58.15-3.1%
27Clay County57.74-11.7%
28Calhoun County57.1-0.9%
29Hale County56.56-4.3%
30Sumter County56.15-4.4%
30Talladega County56.15-9.9%
32Baldwin County55.61-25.9%
33Randolph County55.04-16.7%
34Cleburne County53.46-16.9%
35Chambers County53.13-18%
36Jefferson County53.12-13.5%
37Shelby County52.52-18.9%
38Bibb County52.44-17.7%
39Escambia County52.23-23.9%
40Coosa County51.98-21.9%
41Conecuh County51.87-21.5%
42Tallapoosa County51.77-16.9%
43Clarke County51.57-23.7%
44Lee County50.57-19%
45Perry County48.96-17.1%
46Elmore County48.01-24.7%
47Monroe County47.68-26.7%
48Autauga County47.63-30.1%
49Chilton County47.52-30.4%
50Covington County47.43-32.4%
51Butler County47.28-28.5%
52Macon County47.12-21.3%
53Pike County46.53-26.5%
54Russell County46.48-19.6%
55Montgomery County46.41-26.2%
56Lowndes County46.4-25.8%
57Marengo County46.36-14.6%
58Crenshaw County46.16-29.7%
59Dallas County45.96-28.2%
60Bullock County45.23-24.2%
61Barbour County44.59-25.7%
62Geneva County44.49-41.1%
63Henry County43.91-30.7%
64Houston County43.12-40%
65Dale County42.92-36.4%
66Coffee County42.85-38.7%
67Wilcox County42.58-28.6%

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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?period=2019. 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, 2019. 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?period=2019.

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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, 2019 [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?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Alabama by annual precipitation, 2019}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/alabama-counties?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Fayette County, with 78.61 inches in 2019, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Wilcox County, with 42.58 inches in 2019.

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