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Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation

Richardson County had the highest annual precipitation of 93 counties in 2020, at 28.65 inches. Scotts Bluff County had the lowest, at 8.73 inches. The median was 20.15 inches and the figure for Nebraska was 18.24 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest28.65Richardson County
Lowest8.73Scotts Bluff County
Median20.1593 counties
Nebraska18.24History

Map of counties, 2020

Adams County: 18.59 inchesAntelope County: 19.82 inchesArthur County: 15.39 inchesBanner County: 10.43 inchesBlaine County: 26.14 inchesBoone County: 21.71 inchesBox Butte County: 10.31 inchesBoyd County: 21.55 inchesBrown County: 22.29 inchesBuffalo County: 19.15 inchesBurt County: 20.15 inchesButler County: 23.39 inchesCass County: 24.65 inchesCedar County: 17.99 inchesChase County: 12.02 inchesCherry County: 18.44 inchesCheyenne County: 10.89 inchesClay County: 20.58 inchesColfax County: 19.73 inchesCuming County: 20.31 inchesCuster County: 21.32 inchesDakota County: 20.89 inchesDawes County: 9.53 inchesDawson County: 16.5 inchesDeuel County: 11.67 inchesDixon County: 19.79 inchesDodge County: 20.46 inchesDouglas County: 19.8 inchesDundy County: 12.77 inchesFillmore County: 24.75 inchesFranklin County: 19.92 inchesFrontier County: 15.16 inchesFurnas County: 18.3 inchesGage County: 26.87 inchesGarden County: 12.42 inchesGarfield County: 20.34 inchesGosper County: 15.44 inchesGrant County: 16.79 inchesGreeley County: 19.62 inchesHall County: 20.76 inchesHamilton County: 21.82 inchesHarlan County: 18.17 inchesHayes County: 13.04 inchesHitchcock County: 13.22 inchesHolt County: 20.33 inchesHooker County: 20.43 inchesHoward County: 19.95 inchesJefferson County: 26.13 inchesJohnson County: 26.62 inchesKearney County: 18.41 inchesKeith County: 12.65 inchesKeya Paha County: 21.57 inchesKimball County: 11.98 inchesKnox County: 19.56 inchesLancaster County: 26 inchesLincoln County: 15.18 inchesLogan County: 22.09 inchesLoup County: 22.27 inchesMcPherson County: 17.84 inchesMadison County: 19.71 inchesMerrick County: 21.8 inchesMorrill County: 10.69 inchesNance County: 21.53 inchesNemaha County: 27.98 inchesNuckolls County: 22.94 inchesOtoe County: 26.58 inchesPawnee County: 28.4 inchesPerkins County: 12.56 inchesPhelps County: 16.93 inchesPierce County: 18.8 inchesPlatte County: 21.09 inchesPolk County: 23.37 inchesRed Willow County: 16.71 inchesRichardson County: 28.65 inchesRock County: 21.27 inchesSaline County: 25.65 inchesSarpy County: 20.57 inchesSaunders County: 21.76 inchesScotts Bluff County: 8.73 inchesSeward County: 24.4 inchesSheridan County: 12.46 inchesSherman County: 19.15 inchesSioux County: 9.13 inchesStanton County: 19.64 inchesThayer County: 26.39 inchesThomas County: 26.18 inchesThurston County: 21.36 inchesValley County: 20.5 inchesWashington County: 20.33 inchesWayne County: 20.59 inchesWebster County: 20.57 inchesWheeler County: 19.35 inchesYork County: 23.83 inches
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inches, 2020. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2020

Richardson County: 28.65 inchesRichardson County28.65Pawnee County: 28.4 inchesPawnee County28.4Nemaha County: 27.98 inchesNemaha County27.98Gage County: 26.87 inchesGage County26.87Johnson County: 26.62 inchesJohnson County26.62Otoe County: 26.58 inchesOtoe County26.58Thayer County: 26.39 inchesThayer County26.39Thomas County: 26.18 inchesThomas County26.18Blaine County: 26.14 inchesBlaine County26.14Jefferson County: 26.13 inchesJefferson County26.13Lancaster County: 26 inchesLancaster County26Saline County: 25.65 inchesSaline County25.65Fillmore County: 24.75 inchesFillmore County24.75Cass County: 24.65 inchesCass County24.65Seward County: 24.4 inchesSeward County24.4York County: 23.83 inchesYork County23.83Butler County: 23.39 inchesButler County23.39Polk County: 23.37 inchesPolk County23.37Nuckolls County: 22.94 inchesNuckolls County22.94Brown County: 22.29 inchesBrown County22.29Loup County: 22.27 inchesLoup County22.27Logan County: 22.09 inchesLogan County22.09Hamilton County: 21.82 inchesHamilton County21.82Merrick County: 21.8 inchesMerrick County21.8Saunders County: 21.76 inchesSaunders County21.76Boone County: 21.71 inchesBoone County21.71Keya Paha County: 21.57 inchesKeya Paha County21.57Boyd County: 21.55 inchesBoyd County21.55Nance County: 21.53 inchesNance County21.53Thurston County: 21.36 inchesThurston County21.36Custer County: 21.32 inchesCuster County21.32Rock County: 21.27 inchesRock County21.27Platte County: 21.09 inchesPlatte County21.09Dakota County: 20.89 inchesDakota County20.89Hall County: 20.76 inchesHall County20.76Wayne County: 20.59 inchesWayne County20.59Clay County: 20.58 inchesClay County20.58Sarpy County: 20.57 inchesSarpy County20.57Webster County: 20.57 inchesWebster County20.57Valley County: 20.5 inchesValley County20.5Richardson County: 28.65 inchesRichardson County28.65Pawnee County: 28.4 inchesPawnee County28.4Nemaha County: 27.98 inchesNemaha County27.98Gage County: 26.87 inchesGage County26.87Johnson County: 26.62 inchesJohnson County26.62Otoe County: 26.58 inchesOtoe County26.58Thayer County: 26.39 inchesThayer County26.39Thomas County: 26.18 inchesThomas County26.18Blaine County: 26.14 inchesBlaine County26.14Jefferson County: 26.13 inchesJefferson County26.13Lancaster County: 26 inchesLancaster County26Saline County: 25.65 inchesSaline County25.65Fillmore County: 24.75 inchesFillmore County24.75Cass County: 24.65 inchesCass County24.65Seward County: 24.4 inchesSeward County24.4York County: 23.83 inchesYork County23.83Butler County: 23.39 inchesButler County23.39Polk County: 23.37 inchesPolk County23.37Nuckolls County: 22.94 inchesNuckolls County22.94Brown County: 22.29 inchesBrown County22.29Loup County: 22.27 inchesLoup County22.27Logan County: 22.09 inchesLogan County22.09Hamilton County: 21.82 inchesHamilton County21.82Merrick County: 21.8 inchesMerrick County21.8Saunders County: 21.76 inchesSaunders County21.76Boone County: 21.71 inchesBoone County21.71Keya Paha County: 21.57 inchesKeya Paha County21.57Boyd County: 21.55 inchesBoyd County21.55Nance County: 21.53 inchesNance County21.53Thurston County: 21.36 inchesThurston County21.36Custer County: 21.32 inchesCuster County21.32Rock County: 21.27 inchesRock County21.27Platte County: 21.09 inchesPlatte County21.09Dakota County: 20.89 inchesDakota County20.89Hall County: 20.76 inchesHall County20.76Wayne County: 20.59 inchesWayne County20.59Clay County: 20.58 inchesClay County20.58Sarpy County: 20.57 inchesSarpy County20.57Webster County: 20.57 inchesWebster County20.57Valley County: 20.5 inchesValley County20.5
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
inches		Change on 2019
1Richardson County28.65-32%
2Pawnee County28.4-34.3%
3Nemaha County27.98-31.6%
4Gage County26.87-36.4%
5Johnson County26.62-36.4%
6Otoe County26.58-34.7%
7Thayer County26.39-35.5%
8Thomas County26.18-26.5%
9Blaine County26.14-29.1%
10Jefferson County26.13-38.3%
11Lancaster County26-35.7%
12Saline County25.65-39.3%
13Fillmore County24.75-36%
14Cass County24.65-40%
15Seward County24.4-36.6%
16York County23.83-37.2%
17Butler County23.39-33.1%
18Polk County23.37-34%
19Nuckolls County22.94-40.9%
20Brown County22.29-35.9%
21Loup County22.27-39.9%
22Logan County22.09-36%
23Hamilton County21.82-43.2%
24Merrick County21.8-42.3%
25Saunders County21.76-44.2%
26Boone County21.71-32.7%
27Keya Paha County21.57-36.5%
28Boyd County21.55-38.1%
29Nance County21.53-34.6%
30Thurston County21.36-33.9%
31Custer County21.32-39.8%
32Rock County21.27-40.7%
33Platte County21.09-30%
34Dakota County20.89-35.9%
35Hall County20.76-46.8%
36Wayne County20.59-33.4%
37Clay County20.58-42.7%
38Sarpy County20.57-50.2%
38Webster County20.57-43.2%
40Valley County20.5-45.8%
41Dodge County20.46-43.2%
42Hooker County20.43-31.7%
43Garfield County20.34-46%
44Holt County20.33-43.2%
44Washington County20.33-47.3%
46Cuming County20.31-35.1%
47Burt County20.15-41.1%
48Howard County19.95-49.9%
49Franklin County19.92-40.6%
50Antelope County19.82-35.5%
51Douglas County19.8-50.7%
52Dixon County19.79-36.7%
53Colfax County19.73-36.6%
54Madison County19.71-34%
55Stanton County19.64-34%
56Greeley County19.62-46.7%
57Knox County19.56-40.6%
58Wheeler County19.35-45.9%
59Buffalo County19.15-50.7%
59Sherman County19.15-49.7%
61Pierce County18.8-39.5%
62Adams County18.59-48.5%
63Cherry County18.44-42.8%
64Kearney County18.41-48.5%
65Furnas County18.3-36.3%
66Harlan County18.17-42.4%
67Cedar County17.99-44.8%
68McPherson County17.84-37.7%
69Phelps County16.93-48.4%
70Grant County16.79-33.2%
71Red Willow County16.71-29.1%
72Dawson County16.5-47.7%
73Gosper County15.44-50.4%
74Arthur County15.39-34%
75Lincoln County15.18-47.9%
76Frontier County15.16-47.8%
77Hitchcock County13.22-40.1%
78Hayes County13.04-47.9%
79Dundy County12.77-27.5%
80Keith County12.65-45.8%
81Perkins County12.56-44.1%
82Sheridan County12.46-48.7%
83Garden County12.42-47.8%
84Chase County12.02-38.2%
85Kimball County11.98-46%
86Deuel County11.67-51.1%
87Cheyenne County10.89-52.1%
88Morrill County10.69-52.4%
89Banner County10.43-54.3%
90Box Butte County10.31-51.2%
91Dawes County9.53-56.1%
92Sioux County9.13-55.2%
93Scotts Bluff County8.73-54.1%

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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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2020}},
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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Richardson County, with 28.65 inches in 2020, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Scotts Bluff County, with 8.73 inches in 2020.

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