Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation

Pawnee County had the highest annual precipitation of 93 counties in 2019, at 43.23 inches. Dundy County had the lowest, at 17.61 inches. The median was 33.98 inches and the figure for Nebraska was 31.37 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest43.23Pawnee County

Lowest17.61Dundy County

Median33.9893 counties

Nebraska31.37History

Map of counties, 2019

Under 24
24 to 31
31 to 34
34 to 36
36 to 39
39 and over

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

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2019 inches	Change on 2018
1	Pawnee County	43.23	+14.5%
2	Jefferson County	42.37	+14.6%
3	Gage County	42.26	+8.5%
3	Saline County	42.26	+21.1%
5	Richardson County	42.14	+20.6%
6	Johnson County	41.86	+11.8%
7	Sarpy County	41.28	+6.6%
8	Cass County	41.07	+11.4%
9	Nemaha County	40.93	+9.6%
10	Thayer County	40.9	+27.8%
11	Otoe County	40.73	+16.6%
12	Lancaster County	40.41	+9%
13	Douglas County	40.2	+3.1%
14	Howard County	39.8	+21.5%
15	Hall County	39.02	+24.7%
16	Saunders County	39	+6.2%
17	Buffalo County	38.83	+29%
18	Nuckolls County	38.79	+25.6%
19	Fillmore County	38.69	+22.7%
20	Washington County	38.55	-0.9%
21	Seward County	38.5	+11.8%
22	Hamilton County	38.41	+18.2%
23	Sherman County	38.1	+29.8%
24	York County	37.94	+15%
25	Valley County	37.8	+15%
26	Merrick County	37.75	+15.7%
27	Garfield County	37.69	+13.1%
28	Loup County	37.07	+23.4%
29	Blaine County	36.89	+20.5%
30	Greeley County	36.83	+12.2%
31	Webster County	36.2	+19.8%
32	Adams County	36.08	+13.8%
33	Dodge County	36.05	-6.7%
34	Clay County	35.89	+7.2%
35	Rock County	35.84	+7%
36	Holt County	35.77	+3.3%
37	Wheeler County	35.76	+4.3%
38	Kearney County	35.74	+17.9%
39	Thomas County	35.64	+4.4%
40	Custer County	35.41	+20.7%
40	Polk County	35.41	+6.6%
42	Butler County	34.95	+5.3%
43	Boyd County	34.82	-1.7%
44	Brown County	34.79	+13.5%
45	Logan County	34.54	+7.9%
46	Burt County	34.23	-9.3%
47	Keya Paha County	33.98	+11.5%
48	Franklin County	33.55	+16.6%
49	Knox County	32.94	-4.9%
50	Nance County	32.9	-1.9%
51	Phelps County	32.82	+12.8%
52	Cedar County	32.62	-13.1%
53	Dakota County	32.59	-12.2%
54	Thurston County	32.3	-12.5%
55	Boone County	32.25	+0.7%
56	Cherry County	32.24	+9.6%
57	Harlan County	31.56	+9.7%
58	Dawson County	31.55	+13.6%
59	Cuming County	31.31	-18.8%
60	Dixon County	31.28	-13.3%
61	Colfax County	31.13	-14.5%
61	Gosper County	31.13	+21.1%
63	Pierce County	31.06	-2.6%
64	Wayne County	30.92	-6.4%
65	Antelope County	30.73	-4.3%
66	Platte County	30.14	-13.4%
67	Hooker County	29.92	-8%
68	Madison County	29.85	-7.6%
69	Stanton County	29.78	-15.5%
70	Lincoln County	29.16	+11.7%
71	Frontier County	29.04	+11.7%
72	Furnas County	28.72	0%
73	McPherson County	28.62	-1.1%
74	Grant County	25.15	-7.1%
75	Hayes County	25.04	+2.5%
76	Sheridan County	24.3	+14.5%
77	Deuel County	23.86	+0.1%
78	Garden County	23.78	+2.7%
79	Red Willow County	23.58	-9.8%
80	Keith County	23.34	-5.4%
81	Arthur County	23.32	-11.2%
82	Banner County	22.84	+16.8%
83	Cheyenne County	22.72	+18%
84	Morrill County	22.47	+15.8%
84	Perkins County	22.47	-8.2%
86	Kimball County	22.18	+33.5%
87	Hitchcock County	22.07	-6.8%
88	Dawes County	21.73	+13.9%
89	Box Butte County	21.14	+4.7%
90	Sioux County	20.37	+5.3%
91	Chase County	19.46	-5.7%
92	Scotts Bluff County	19.04	+8.2%
93	Dundy County	17.61	-6.9%

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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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_nebraska_by_2019,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2019}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/nebraska-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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