Counties in Arizona by annual precipitation

Gila County had the highest annual precipitation of 15 counties in 2021, at 22.56 inches. La Paz County had the lowest, at 5.41 inches. The median was 13.63 inches and the figure for Arizona was 12.57 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest22.56Gila County

Lowest5.41La Paz County

Median13.6315 counties

Arizona12.57History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 10
10 to 13
13 to 15
15 to 16
16 and over

inches, 2021. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 inches	Change on 2020
1	Gila County	22.56	+121.4%
2	Santa Cruz County	19.36	+70.6%
3	Graham County	16.18	+96.1%
4	Greenlee County	16.01	+65.7%
5	Pima County	15.23	+172%
6	Yavapai County	14.87	+74.1%
7	Cochise County	14.49	+53.7%
8	Pinal County	13.63	+174.8%
9	Coconino County	12.88	+128.8%
10	Apache County	12.58	+63.6%
11	Navajo County	11.66	+79.1%
12	Maricopa County	10.58	+103.9%
13	Mohave County	9.01	+45.3%
14	Yuma County	5.78	+63.7%
15	La Paz County	5.41	+48.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

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 Arizona by annual precipitation, 2021) [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 Arizona by annual precipitation, 2021. 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/arizona-counties?period=2021. 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 Arizona by annual precipitation, 2021. 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/arizona-counties?period=2021.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Arizona by annual precipitation, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/arizona-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{noaa_counties_in_arizona_by_2021,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Arizona by annual precipitation, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/arizona-counties?period=2021. 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?

Gila County, with 22.56 inches in 2021, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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La Paz County, with 5.41 inches in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.