Counties in Nevada by annual precipitation

Elko County had the highest annual precipitation of 17 counties in 2020, at 9.69 inches. Esmeralda County had the lowest, at 2.27 inches. The median was 5.53 inches and the figure for Nevada was 5.86 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest9.69Elko County

Lowest2.27Esmeralda County

Median5.5317 counties

Nevada5.86History

Map of counties, 2020

Under 3.7
3.7 to 5
5 to 5.6
5.6 to 7.3
7.3 and over

inches, 2020. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2020 inches	Change on 2019
1	Elko County	9.69	-47.3%
2	Douglas County	8.66	-57.9%
3	Humboldt County	8.22	-43.4%
4	Washoe County	7.49	-55.3%
5	Carson City	6.4	-65.5%
6	Lander County	5.92	-54.7%
7	Lincoln County	5.64	-63.8%
8	White Pine County	5.56	-68.2%
9	Eureka County	5.53	-64.4%
10	Pershing County	5.46	-55.5%
11	Clark County	4.71	-61.5%
12	Storey County	4.59	-69.7%
13	Lyon County	4.07	-59.4%
14	Nye County	3.65	-65.4%
15	Mineral County	3.44	-54.3%
16	Churchill County	2.69	-67%
17	Esmeralda County	2.27	-68.3%

Other periods

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 Nevada 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 Nevada 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/nevada-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 Nevada 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/nevada-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 Nevada 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/nevada-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{noaa_counties_in_nevada_by_2020,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Nevada by annual precipitation, 2020}},
  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/nevada-counties?period=2020. 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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Elko County, with 9.69 inches in 2020, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Esmeralda County, with 2.27 inches in 2020.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.