Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation

Douglas County had the highest annual precipitation of 93 counties in 2021, at 35.25 inches. Scotts Bluff County had the lowest, at 11.42 inches. The median was 25.28 inches and the figure for Nebraska was 22.6 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest35.25Douglas County

Lowest11.42Scotts Bluff County

Median25.2893 counties

Nebraska22.6History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 18
18 to 22
22 to 25
25 to 28
28 to 30
30 and over

inches, 2021. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 inches	Change on 2020
1	Douglas County	35.25	+78%
2	Washington County	34.97	+72%
3	Sarpy County	34.92	+69.8%
4	Cass County	34.07	+38.2%
5	Saunders County	33.47	+53.8%
6	Burt County	33.35	+65.5%
6	Butler County	33.35	+42.6%
8	Polk County	33.09	+41.6%
9	Otoe County	32.89	+23.7%
10	Dodge County	32.58	+59.2%
11	Richardson County	31.55	+10.1%
12	Webster County	30.67	+49.1%
13	Cuming County	30.65	+50.9%
14	Seward County	30.63	+25.5%
15	Lancaster County	30.34	+16.7%
16	York County	30.14	+26.5%
17	Merrick County	30.09	+38%
18	Franklin County	29.9	+50.1%
19	Hamilton County	29.7	+36.1%
19	Nemaha County	29.7	+6.1%
21	Saline County	29.68	+15.7%
22	Adams County	29.66	+59.5%
23	Kearney County	29.4	+59.7%
24	Colfax County	29.08	+47.4%
25	Johnson County	29	+8.9%
26	Harlan County	28.48	+56.7%
27	Pierce County	28.41	+51.1%
28	Platte County	28.26	+34%
29	Nuckolls County	28.24	+23.1%
30	Hall County	28.22	+35.9%
31	Stanton County	28.11	+43.1%
32	Nance County	27.85	+29.4%
33	Phelps County	27.77	+64%
34	Madison County	27.53	+39.7%
35	Pawnee County	27.46	-3.3%
36	Thurston County	27.33	+27.9%
37	Clay County	27.23	+32.3%
38	Fillmore County	27.08	+9.4%
39	Howard County	27.05	+35.6%
40	Gage County	26.99	+0.4%
41	Jefferson County	26.77	+2.4%
42	Thayer County	26.55	+0.6%
43	Buffalo County	26.51	+38.4%
44	Wayne County	26.19	+27.2%
45	Antelope County	25.9	+30.7%
46	Greeley County	25.37	+29.3%
47	Thomas County	25.28	-3.4%
48	Boone County	25.05	+15.4%
49	Gosper County	24.71	+60%
50	Furnas County	24.52	+34%
51	Wheeler County	24.44	+26.3%
52	Sherman County	23.51	+22.8%
53	Dakota County	23.34	+11.7%
54	Dawson County	23	+39.4%
55	Blaine County	22.73	-13%
56	Garfield County	22.59	+11.1%
57	Valley County	22.51	+9.8%
58	Knox County	22.47	+14.9%
59	Cedar County	22.37	+24.3%
60	Frontier County	22.03	+45.3%
61	Dixon County	21.96	+11%
62	Brown County	21.77	-2.3%
63	Custer County	21.74	+2%
64	Hooker County	21.53	+5.4%
65	Lincoln County	21.34	+40.6%
66	Holt County	21.26	+4.6%
67	Cherry County	21.13	+14.6%
68	Logan County	21	-4.9%
69	Rock County	20.77	-2.4%
70	Keya Paha County	20.62	-4.4%
71	Grant County	20.59	+22.6%
72	McPherson County	20.31	+13.8%
73	Arthur County	19.86	+29%
74	Keith County	19.27	+52.3%
75	Loup County	18.71	-16%
76	Boyd County	18.7	-13.2%
77	Red Willow County	17.87	+6.9%
78	Sheridan County	17.73	+42.3%
79	Perkins County	17.02	+35.5%
80	Deuel County	16.89	+44.7%
81	Garden County	16.55	+33.3%
82	Chase County	16.4	+36.4%
83	Hayes County	15.88	+21.8%
84	Cheyenne County	15.12	+38.8%
85	Dundy County	14.96	+17.1%
86	Box Butte County	14.62	+41.8%
87	Hitchcock County	14.31	+8.2%
88	Dawes County	13.68	+43.5%
89	Morrill County	13.63	+27.5%
90	Banner County	13.5	+29.4%
91	Kimball County	13.41	+11.9%
92	Sioux County	12.83	+40.5%
93	Scotts Bluff County	11.42	+30.8%

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_nebraska_by_2021,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/nebraska-counties?period=2021. 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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