Counties in Nevada by annual precipitation, 2025

Douglas County had the highest annual precipitation of 17 counties in 2025, at 18.29 inches. Churchill County had the lowest, at 5.61 inches. The median was 9.39 inches and the figure for Nevada was 9.41 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest18.29Douglas County
Median9.3917 counties
Nevada9.41History

All counties, 2025

Douglas County: 18.29 inchesDouglas County18.29Carson City: 15.54 inchesCarson City15.54Storey County: 14.18 inchesStorey County14.18Washoe County: 13.85 inchesWashoe County13.85Elko County: 12.35 inchesElko County12.35Lander County: 10.87 inchesLander County10.87Humboldt County: 10.3 inchesHumboldt County10.3White Pine County: 9.68 inchesWhite Pine County9.68Eureka County: 9.39 inchesEureka County9.39Lincoln County: 8.35 inchesLincoln County8.35Lyon County: 8.27 inchesLyon County8.27Nye County: 8.26 inchesNye County8.26Pershing County: 7.18 inchesPershing County7.18Mineral County: 7.14 inchesMineral County7.14Clark County: 6.72 inchesClark County6.72Esmeralda County: 5.91 inchesEsmeralda County5.91Churchill County: 5.61 inchesChurchill County5.61
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
inches
Change on 2024
1Douglas County18.29+17.8%
2Carson City15.54+18.5%
3Storey County14.18+23%
4Washoe County13.85+19.5%
5Elko County12.35-11.1%
6Lander County10.87-5.4%
7Humboldt County10.3-20.5%
8White Pine County9.68-17.8%
9Eureka County9.39-14.1%
10Lincoln County8.35+5.4%
11Lyon County8.27+6.7%
12Nye County8.26+31.3%
13Pershing County7.18-23.1%
14Mineral County7.14+28%
15Clark County6.72+36.9%
16Esmeralda County5.91+62.4%
17Churchill County5.61-8.2%

Other periods

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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 Nevada by annual precipitation, 2025) [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 Nevada by annual precipitation, 2025. 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/nevada-counties. 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 Nevada by annual precipitation, 2025. 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/nevada-counties.

Harvard

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Nevada by annual precipitation, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/nevada-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Douglas County, with 18.29 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Churchill County, with 5.61 inches in 2025.

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