Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation

Sarpy County had the highest annual precipitation of 93 counties in 2016, at 40.89 inches. Scotts Bluff County had the lowest, at 15.85 inches. The median was 26.5 inches and the figure for Nebraska was 25.31 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest40.89Sarpy County

Lowest15.85Scotts Bluff County

Median26.593 counties

Nebraska25.31History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 19
19 to 25
25 to 27
27 to 30
30 to 33
33 and over

inches, 2016. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 inches	Change on 2015
1	Sarpy County	40.89	-6.3%
2	Douglas County	40.51	-4.3%
3	Cass County	40.02	-13.5%
4	Washington County	39.38	-4.4%
5	Saunders County	38.78	-6.4%
6	Otoe County	37.86	-18.1%
7	Dodge County	37.79	+3.8%
8	Colfax County	35.1	+6.9%
9	Burt County	34.97	-7.6%
10	Nemaha County	34.46	-18.7%
11	Cuming County	34.27	+1.9%
12	Butler County	34.2	-5.3%
13	Richardson County	34.02	-16.3%
14	Lancaster County	33.89	-19.9%
15	Stanton County	33.24	+10.6%
16	Johnson County	32.81	-22.5%
17	Dakota County	32.13	+0.7%
18	Thurston County	32.02	-8.8%
19	Wayne County	31.79	+3.9%
20	Platte County	31.78	+5.3%
21	Dixon County	31.75	-1.4%
22	Seward County	31.7	-18.1%
23	Cedar County	31.36	+4%
24	Knox County	31.05	+14.1%
25	Pawnee County	30.93	-22.9%
26	Antelope County	30.71	+3.3%
27	Gage County	30.46	-23.9%
28	Polk County	30.38	-3.3%
29	Madison County	30.24	+5.3%
30	Boyd County	30.2	+9.1%
31	Saline County	30.06	-26.5%
32	Holt County	29.92	+10.7%
32	York County	29.92	-12.6%
34	Valley County	29.74	+21.6%
35	Garfield County	29.39	+15.1%
36	Boone County	28.76	+3.2%
37	Pierce County	28.38	-1.9%
38	Wheeler County	28.07	+2.9%
39	Thayer County	27.54	-16.2%
40	Nance County	27.33	-3.6%
41	Loup County	27.25	+13.1%
42	Hamilton County	27.12	-12.2%
43	Howard County	26.92	-2.3%
44	Webster County	26.64	-0.5%
45	Jefferson County	26.62	-27.1%
46	Rock County	26.51	+3.7%
47	Fillmore County	26.5	-22.9%
48	Merrick County	26.43	-10%
49	Sherman County	26.18	+10.2%
50	Greeley County	26.1	+4%
51	Harlan County	26.09	-10.2%
52	Nuckolls County	25.96	-21.2%
53	Thomas County	25.93	-12.1%
54	Brown County	25.51	+1.2%
55	Custer County	25.32	+2.9%
56	Blaine County	25.23	-7.3%
57	Dawson County	25.05	+1.9%
58	Hall County	24.97	-13.1%
59	Franklin County	24.93	-9.2%
60	Keya Paha County	24.89	-0.9%
61	Logan County	24.81	-2.9%
62	Buffalo County	24.66	-1.3%
63	Phelps County	24.38	-6.6%
64	Hooker County	24.31	-10.9%
65	Clay County	24.18	-22.5%
66	Cherry County	24.14	-7.7%
67	Adams County	24.05	-17.2%
68	Furnas County	23.87	-14.4%
69	Lincoln County	23.56	+0.7%
70	McPherson County	23	-7.9%
71	Gosper County	22.88	-10.5%
72	Kearney County	22.71	-15.1%
73	Grant County	22.62	-13.7%
74	Red Willow County	22.49	-5.7%
75	Frontier County	22.46	-10.5%
76	Arthur County	20.69	-17.9%
77	Perkins County	19.66	-14.3%
78	Hitchcock County	19.14	-16%
79	Garden County	19.1	-19.3%
80	Banner County	19.09	-28.6%
81	Chase County	19.03	-12.4%
82	Hayes County	18.79	-17%
83	Dundy County	18.53	-17.3%
84	Sheridan County	18.19	-27.4%
85	Deuel County	18.12	-17.6%
86	Keith County	17.73	-26.3%
87	Morrill County	17.63	-27.4%
88	Box Butte County	17.52	-31.5%
89	Kimball County	16.99	-30.8%
90	Dawes County	16.68	-27.2%
91	Cheyenne County	16.56	-33.8%
92	Sioux County	16.55	-27.4%
93	Scotts Bluff County	15.85	-31.9%

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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 Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2016) [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 Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2016. 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/nebraska-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 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 Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/nebraska-counties?period=2016. 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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