Counties in Minnesota by annual precipitation

Faribault County had the highest annual precipitation of 87 counties in 2024, at 44.64 inches. Kittson County had the lowest, at 21.85 inches. The median was 30.93 inches and the figure for Minnesota was 29.57 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest44.64Faribault County

Lowest21.85Kittson County

Median30.9387 counties

Minnesota29.57History

Map of counties, 2024

Under 25
25 to 29
29 to 31
31 to 34
34 to 37
37 and over

inches, 2024. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 inches	Change on 2023
1	Faribault County	44.64	+62.8%
2	Freeborn County	42.96	+61.1%
3	Steele County	42	+35.3%
4	Waseca County	41.69	+42.6%
5	Martin County	40.17	+35.4%
6	Mower County	39.91	+37.8%
7	Dodge County	39.89	+31.3%
8	Winona County	39.58	+25.1%
9	Rice County	39.48	+22%
10	Houston County	39.2	+41.9%
11	Blue Earth County	39.16	+38.2%
12	Watonwan County	38.58	+18.6%
13	Olmsted County	38.09	+28.6%
14	Goodhue County	37.54	+19.6%
15	Fillmore County	37.39	+34.4%
16	Jackson County	37.37	+29.4%
17	Wabasha County	37.22	+23.3%
18	Meeker County	37.1	+93.4%
19	Ramsey County	36.67	+12%
20	Washington County	36.09	+11%
21	Cottonwood County	35.71	+20.6%
22	Chisago County	35.56	+28.1%
23	Dakota County	34.84	+22.1%
24	Anoka County	34.65	+23.7%
25	Kandiyohi County	34.57	+61.2%
26	Hennepin County	34.38	+20.7%
27	Scott County	34.29	+16.7%
28	Le Sueur County	34.26	+19.2%
29	Brown County	33.86	+17.6%
30	Isanti County	33.75	+37.5%
31	Rock County	33.32	+55.3%
32	Nobles County	33.29	+40.1%
33	Carver County	33.18	+23.6%
34	Benton County	32.74	+20.7%
35	Stearns County	32.48	+37.3%
36	McLeod County	32.43	+78%
37	Pine County	32.14	+14.5%
38	Sherburne County	31.87	+29.8%
39	Kanabec County	31.76	+15.9%
40	Wright County	31.73	+54.1%
41	Cook County	31.47	+10.1%
42	Chippewa County	31.45	+26.2%
43	Nicollet County	31.29	+35.7%
44	Swift County	30.93	+37.9%
45	Pope County	30.92	+40.2%
46	Redwood County	30.65	+11.5%
47	Murray County	30.61	+25.7%
48	Douglas County	30.26	+39.4%
49	Mille Lacs County	30.25	+17.1%
50	Sibley County	30.08	+45.9%
51	Renville County	29.82	+25.3%
52	Crow Wing County	29.5	+16.1%
53	Morrison County	29.45	+21.2%
54	Todd County	29.38	+29.5%
55	Lac qui Parle County	29.36	+19.9%
56	Lyon County	29.05	+10.2%
56	Yellow Medicine County	29.05	+10.4%
58	Carlton County	28.77	+4.8%
59	Lake County	28.63	+0.6%
60	Pipestone County	28.38	+42%
61	Lincoln County	28.16	+14.4%
62	St. Louis County	28.06	+1.6%
63	Koochiching County	27.89	+20%
64	Stevens County	27.74	+17%
65	Aitkin County	27.12	+8.1%
66	Grant County	26.7	+13.6%
67	Cass County	26.56	+17.6%
68	Big Stone County	26.01	+8.3%
69	Lake of the Woods County	25.99	+45.8%
70	Wadena County	25.65	+11.1%
71	Traverse County	24.99	-3.3%
72	Hubbard County	24.94	+18.1%
73	Beltrami County	24.68	+27.2%
74	Otter Tail County	24.58	+7.6%
75	Mahnomen County	24.48	+17.2%
76	Clearwater County	24.34	+19.3%
77	Red Lake County	24.06	+42.1%
78	Itasca County	24.05	+8.9%
79	Becker County	23.96	+11.7%
80	Roseau County	23.9	+50.3%
81	Norman County	23.46	+18.2%
82	Clay County	23.45	+8.3%
83	Polk County	23.25	+33.5%
84	Pennington County	23.17	+48.8%
85	Wilkin County	22.62	+1.1%
86	Marshall County	22.59	+58.1%
87	Kittson County	21.85	+51.5%

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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 Minnesota by annual precipitation, 2024) [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 Minnesota by annual precipitation, 2024. 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/minnesota-counties?period=2024. 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 Minnesota by annual precipitation, 2024. 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/minnesota-counties?period=2024.

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  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Minnesota by annual precipitation, 2024}},
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Faribault County, with 44.64 inches in 2024, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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