Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation

Washington County had the highest annual precipitation of 93 counties in 2024, at 34.66 inches. Scotts Bluff County had the lowest, at 10.28 inches. The median was 25.51 inches and the figure for Nebraska was 22.4 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest34.66Washington County

Lowest10.28Scotts Bluff County

Median25.5193 counties

Nebraska22.4History

Map of counties, 2024

Under 18
18 to 23
23 to 26
26 to 28
28 to 30
30 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	Washington County	34.66	+39.2%
2	Saunders County	33.59	+41.7%
3	Douglas County	33.4	+31.5%
4	Polk County	32.86	+56.9%
5	Butler County	32.06	+52.2%
6	Wayne County	31.94	+23%
7	Dodge County	31.91	+36%
8	Nance County	31.88	+35.3%
9	Howard County	31.87	+40.2%
10	Richardson County	31.84	+12%
11	Merrick County	31.76	+56.8%
12	Burt County	31.2	+29.4%
13	Sarpy County	30.66	+21.6%
14	Pawnee County	30.6	+6.3%
15	Platte County	30.33	+29.3%
16	Nemaha County	29.96	+5.8%
17	Dixon County	29.95	+8.5%
18	Thurston County	29.64	+14.6%
19	Dakota County	29.39	+6.8%
20	Cass County	29.13	+7.6%
21	Hamilton County	29.05	+44.1%
22	Lancaster County	28.99	+17.5%
23	Otoe County	28.96	+0.9%
24	Stanton County	28.83	+14.3%
25	Cedar County	28.69	+2.1%
26	Johnson County	28.66	+3.2%
27	Buffalo County	28.65	+14.6%
28	Hall County	28.54	+37.7%
29	York County	28.43	+39.6%
30	Seward County	28.22	+32.9%
31	Cuming County	28.16	+19%
32	Boone County	28.1	-2.4%
33	Saline County	28.04	+24%
34	Colfax County	27.93	+23%
35	Sherman County	27.83	+7.7%
36	Madison County	27.64	+0.8%
37	Greeley County	27.56	-0.7%
38	Gage County	27.3	+8.1%
39	Kearney County	26.48	+9.3%
40	Clay County	26.43	+15.2%
41	Pierce County	26.41	-1.2%
42	Fillmore County	26.35	+16.2%
43	Jefferson County	26.23	+16.8%
44	Adams County	26.09	+17%
45	Dawson County	25.86	+20.8%
46	Franklin County	25.68	-0.4%
47	Furnas County	25.51	+9.1%
48	Knox County	25.17	-11.2%
49	Phelps County	25.09	+8.1%
50	Webster County	25.07	+3%
51	Gosper County	25.01	+15.7%
52	Harlan County	24.93	-1.5%
53	Nuckolls County	24.15	+10.4%
54	Wheeler County	23.9	-21.1%
55	Thayer County	23.78	+5%
56	Custer County	23.62	-12.1%
57	Holt County	23.57	-18.6%
58	Antelope County	23.56	-17.9%
59	Valley County	23.52	-14.5%
60	Boyd County	23.27	-17.5%
61	Thomas County	23.21	-18.2%
62	Frontier County	22.94	-3.1%
63	Blaine County	22.61	-20%
63	Rock County	22.61	-23.5%
65	Garfield County	22.12	-23.2%
66	Brown County	21.59	-24.9%
67	Hayes County	21.35	-3.4%
68	Red Willow County	21.26	-9.6%
69	Lincoln County	21.19	-5.1%
70	Logan County	21.18	-16.8%
71	Keya Paha County	21.04	-30.7%
72	Loup County	20.79	-22.9%
73	Hitchcock County	20.49	-15%
74	Hooker County	19.82	-25.4%
75	McPherson County	19.09	-20.1%
76	Dundy County	18.6	-8.4%
77	Chase County	18.3	-4.2%
78	Cherry County	17.63	-39.9%
79	Perkins County	17.56	-2.8%
80	Arthur County	17.5	-26.6%
81	Grant County	17.48	-31.5%
82	Deuel County	17.26	-10%
83	Garden County	16.97	-15.7%
84	Keith County	16.6	-12.8%
85	Cheyenne County	16.39	-24.7%
86	Morrill County	14.86	-29.5%
87	Sheridan County	13.29	-47.3%
88	Kimball County	13.25	-38.1%
89	Box Butte County	12.3	-45.6%
90	Banner County	11.79	-49.2%
91	Dawes County	11.6	-53%
92	Sioux County	11.18	-48.7%
93	Scotts Bluff County	10.28	-50.6%

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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, 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties?period=2024.

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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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_nebraska_by_2024,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Nebraska by annual precipitation, 2024}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/nebraska-counties?period=2024. 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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