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Counties in Michigan by annual precipitation

Van Buren County had the highest annual precipitation of 83 counties in 2023, at 41.34 inches. Menominee County had the lowest, at 27.07 inches. The median was 33.29 inches and the figure for Michigan was 33.43 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest41.34Van Buren County
Lowest27.07Menominee County
Median33.2983 counties
Michigan33.43History

Map of counties, 2023

Alcona County: 29.06 inchesAlger County: 34.96 inchesAllegan County: 38.76 inchesAlpena County: 30.02 inchesAntrim County: 32.77 inchesArenac County: 30.36 inchesBaraga County: 33.29 inchesBarry County: 38.2 inchesBay County: 33.7 inchesBenzie County: 28.31 inchesBerrien County: 41.33 inchesBranch County: 35.6 inchesCalhoun County: 37.41 inchesCass County: 41.13 inchesCharlevoix County: 32.21 inchesCheboygan County: 29.94 inchesChippewa County: 32.39 inchesClare County: 31.49 inchesClinton County: 37.56 inchesCrawford County: 30.89 inchesDelta County: 29.17 inchesDickinson County: 27.29 inchesEaton County: 38.75 inchesEmmet County: 29.79 inchesGenesee County: 39.12 inchesGladwin County: 31.64 inchesGogebic County: 32.15 inchesGrand Traverse County: 29.02 inchesGratiot County: 37.01 inchesHillsdale County: 33.3 inchesHoughton County: 28.85 inchesHuron County: 33.97 inchesIngham County: 36.96 inchesIonia County: 37.77 inchesIosco County: 30.17 inchesIron County: 28.59 inchesIsabella County: 35.66 inchesJackson County: 34.94 inchesKalamazoo County: 39.71 inchesKalkaska County: 32.08 inchesKent County: 36.27 inchesKeweenaw County: 30.03 inchesLake County: 28.29 inchesLapeer County: 41.11 inchesLeelanau County: 30.04 inchesLenawee County: 33.91 inchesLivingston County: 36.04 inchesLuce County: 31.49 inchesMackinac County: 30.45 inchesMacomb County: 39.36 inchesManistee County: 27.31 inchesMarquette County: 34.98 inchesMason County: 28.12 inchesMecosta County: 30.37 inchesMenominee County: 27.07 inchesMidland County: 35.17 inchesMissaukee County: 29.32 inchesMonroe County: 34.42 inchesMontcalm County: 36.32 inchesMontmorency County: 29.42 inchesMuskegon County: 34.65 inchesNewaygo County: 31.32 inchesOakland County: 38.71 inchesOceana County: 33.5 inchesOgemaw County: 30.7 inchesOntonagon County: 29.39 inchesOsceola County: 28.18 inchesOscoda County: 29.16 inchesOtsego County: 31.77 inchesOttawa County: 35.04 inchesPresque Isle County: 30.25 inchesRoscommon County: 30.72 inchesSaginaw County: 37.72 inchesSt. Clair County: 40.09 inchesSt. Joseph County: 37.15 inchesSanilac County: 36.65 inchesSchoolcraft County: 32.49 inchesShiawassee County: 39.56 inchesTuscola County: 37.24 inchesVan Buren County: 41.34 inchesWashtenaw County: 34.56 inchesWayne County: 36.85 inchesWexford County: 29.08 inches
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inches, 2023. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Van Buren County: 41.34 inchesVan Buren County41.34Berrien County: 41.33 inchesBerrien County41.33Cass County: 41.13 inchesCass County41.13Lapeer County: 41.11 inchesLapeer County41.11St. Clair County: 40.09 inchesSt. Clair County40.09Kalamazoo County: 39.71 inchesKalamazoo County39.71Shiawassee County: 39.56 inchesShiawassee County39.56Macomb County: 39.36 inchesMacomb County39.36Genesee County: 39.12 inchesGenesee County39.12Allegan County: 38.76 inchesAllegan County38.76Eaton County: 38.75 inchesEaton County38.75Oakland County: 38.71 inchesOakland County38.71Barry County: 38.2 inchesBarry County38.2Ionia County: 37.77 inchesIonia County37.77Saginaw County: 37.72 inchesSaginaw County37.72Clinton County: 37.56 inchesClinton County37.56Calhoun County: 37.41 inchesCalhoun County37.41Tuscola County: 37.24 inchesTuscola County37.24St. Joseph County: 37.15 inchesSt. Joseph County37.15Gratiot County: 37.01 inchesGratiot County37.01Ingham County: 36.96 inchesIngham County36.96Wayne County: 36.85 inchesWayne County36.85Sanilac County: 36.65 inchesSanilac County36.65Montcalm County: 36.32 inchesMontcalm County36.32Kent County: 36.27 inchesKent County36.27Livingston County: 36.04 inchesLivingston County36.04Isabella County: 35.66 inchesIsabella County35.66Branch County: 35.6 inchesBranch County35.6Midland County: 35.17 inchesMidland County35.17Ottawa County: 35.04 inchesOttawa County35.04Marquette County: 34.98 inchesMarquette County34.98Alger County: 34.96 inchesAlger County34.96Jackson County: 34.94 inchesJackson County34.94Muskegon County: 34.65 inchesMuskegon County34.65Washtenaw County: 34.56 inchesWashtenaw County34.56Monroe County: 34.42 inchesMonroe County34.42Huron County: 33.97 inchesHuron County33.97Lenawee County: 33.91 inchesLenawee County33.91Bay County: 33.7 inchesBay County33.7Oceana County: 33.5 inchesOceana County33.5Van Buren County: 41.34 inchesVan Buren County41.34Berrien County: 41.33 inchesBerrien County41.33Cass County: 41.13 inchesCass County41.13Lapeer County: 41.11 inchesLapeer County41.11St. Clair County: 40.09 inchesSt. Clair County40.09Kalamazoo County: 39.71 inchesKalamazoo County39.71Shiawassee County: 39.56 inchesShiawassee County39.56Macomb County: 39.36 inchesMacomb County39.36Genesee County: 39.12 inchesGenesee County39.12Allegan County: 38.76 inchesAllegan County38.76Eaton County: 38.75 inchesEaton County38.75Oakland County: 38.71 inchesOakland County38.71Barry County: 38.2 inchesBarry County38.2Ionia County: 37.77 inchesIonia County37.77Saginaw County: 37.72 inchesSaginaw County37.72Clinton County: 37.56 inchesClinton County37.56Calhoun County: 37.41 inchesCalhoun County37.41Tuscola County: 37.24 inchesTuscola County37.24St. Joseph County: 37.15 inchesSt. Joseph County37.15Gratiot County: 37.01 inchesGratiot County37.01Ingham County: 36.96 inchesIngham County36.96Wayne County: 36.85 inchesWayne County36.85Sanilac County: 36.65 inchesSanilac County36.65Montcalm County: 36.32 inchesMontcalm County36.32Kent County: 36.27 inchesKent County36.27Livingston County: 36.04 inchesLivingston County36.04Isabella County: 35.66 inchesIsabella County35.66Branch County: 35.6 inchesBranch County35.6Midland County: 35.17 inchesMidland County35.17Ottawa County: 35.04 inchesOttawa County35.04Marquette County: 34.98 inchesMarquette County34.98Alger County: 34.96 inchesAlger County34.96Jackson County: 34.94 inchesJackson County34.94Muskegon County: 34.65 inchesMuskegon County34.65Washtenaw County: 34.56 inchesWashtenaw County34.56Monroe County: 34.42 inchesMonroe County34.42Huron County: 33.97 inchesHuron County33.97Lenawee County: 33.91 inchesLenawee County33.91Bay County: 33.7 inchesBay County33.7Oceana County: 33.5 inchesOceana County33.5
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
inches		Change on 2022
1Van Buren County41.34+17.3%
2Berrien County41.33+16.5%
3Cass County41.13+12.9%
4Lapeer County41.11+47.6%
5St. Clair County40.09+56.4%
6Kalamazoo County39.71+18.6%
7Shiawassee County39.56+41.9%
8Macomb County39.36+54.6%
9Genesee County39.12+49.9%
10Allegan County38.76+9.6%
11Eaton County38.75+16.7%
12Oakland County38.71+53.6%
13Barry County38.2+8.7%
14Ionia County37.77+10.1%
15Saginaw County37.72+31%
16Clinton County37.56+24.4%
17Calhoun County37.41+8.7%
18Tuscola County37.24+31.5%
19St. Joseph County37.15+7.2%
20Gratiot County37.01+25.4%
21Ingham County36.96+23.3%
22Wayne County36.85+43.4%
23Sanilac County36.65+34.9%
24Montcalm County36.32+4.1%
25Kent County36.27+1.1%
26Livingston County36.04+36.3%
27Isabella County35.66+12.1%
28Branch County35.6-2%
29Midland County35.17+19.1%
30Ottawa County35.04+3.1%
31Marquette County34.98-2.8%
32Alger County34.96-5.6%
33Jackson County34.94+17.4%
34Muskegon County34.65-2.6%
35Washtenaw County34.56+25.5%
36Monroe County34.42+28.2%
37Huron County33.97+22.5%
38Lenawee County33.91+14.5%
39Bay County33.7+16.1%
40Oceana County33.5-11.4%
41Hillsdale County33.3-4.9%
42Baraga County33.29-15.1%
43Antrim County32.77-1.8%
44Schoolcraft County32.49-11.5%
45Chippewa County32.39-12.1%
46Charlevoix County32.21-3.5%
47Gogebic County32.15-16.1%
48Kalkaska County32.08+2%
49Otsego County31.77+6.9%
50Gladwin County31.64+8.7%
51Clare County31.49+2.2%
51Luce County31.49-18.5%
53Newaygo County31.32-12.9%
54Crawford County30.89+6.4%
55Roscommon County30.72+3.7%
56Ogemaw County30.7+5.2%
57Mackinac County30.45-16.4%
58Mecosta County30.37-11.7%
59Arenac County30.36+6.4%
60Presque Isle County30.25-1.5%
61Iosco County30.17+7.9%
62Leelanau County30.04-13.4%
63Keweenaw County30.03-22.8%
64Alpena County30.02-2.6%
65Cheboygan County29.94-5.5%
66Emmet County29.79-13%
67Montmorency County29.42+5.3%
68Ontonagon County29.39-22.3%
69Missaukee County29.32-5.7%
70Delta County29.17-9.5%
71Oscoda County29.16+3.6%
72Wexford County29.08-15.6%
73Alcona County29.06-0.6%
74Grand Traverse County29.02-11.6%
75Houghton County28.85-19.6%
76Iron County28.59-15%
77Benzie County28.31-19.6%
78Lake County28.29-22.1%
79Osceola County28.18-15.4%
80Mason County28.12-25.2%
81Manistee County27.31-26%
82Dickinson County27.29-11.2%
83Menominee County27.07-12.6%

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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 Michigan by annual precipitation, 2023) [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 Michigan by annual precipitation, 2023. 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/michigan-counties?period=2023. 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 Michigan by annual precipitation, 2023. 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/michigan-counties?period=2023.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Michigan by annual precipitation, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/michigan-counties?period=2023 (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 Michigan by annual precipitation, 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Van Buren County, with 41.34 inches in 2023, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Menominee County, with 27.07 inches in 2023.

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