Counties in New Hampshire by annual precipitation

Carroll County had the highest annual precipitation of 10 counties in 2015, at 48.21 inches. Rockingham County had the lowest, at 38.16 inches. The median was 42.45 inches and the figure for New Hampshire was 44.01 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Map of counties, 2015

Belknap County: 45.08 inchesCarroll County: 48.21 inchesCheshire County: 43.83 inchesCoos County: 47.15 inchesGrafton County: 45.69 inchesHillsborough County: 40.98 inchesMerrimack County: 41.06 inchesRockingham County: 38.16 inchesStrafford County: 40.15 inchesSullivan County: 39.97 inches
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inches, 2015. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2015

Carroll County: 48.21 inchesCarroll County48.21Coos County: 47.15 inchesCoos County47.15Grafton County: 45.69 inchesGrafton County45.69Belknap County: 45.08 inchesBelknap County45.08Cheshire County: 43.83 inchesCheshire County43.83Merrimack County: 41.06 inchesMerrimack County41.06Hillsborough County: 40.98 inchesHillsborough County40.98Strafford County: 40.15 inchesStrafford County40.15Sullivan County: 39.97 inchesSullivan County39.97Rockingham County: 38.16 inchesRockingham County38.16Carroll County: 48.21 inchesCarroll County48.21Coos County: 47.15 inchesCoos County47.15Grafton County: 45.69 inchesGrafton County45.69Belknap County: 45.08 inchesBelknap County45.08Cheshire County: 43.83 inchesCheshire County43.83Merrimack County: 41.06 inchesMerrimack County41.06Hillsborough County: 40.98 inchesHillsborough County40.98Strafford County: 40.15 inchesStrafford County40.15Sullivan County: 39.97 inchesSullivan County39.97Rockingham County: 38.16 inchesRockingham County38.16
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
inches
Change on 2014
1Carroll County48.21-7%
2Coos County47.15-0.6%
3Grafton County45.69-6.1%
4Belknap County45.08-6.3%
5Cheshire County43.83-18.7%
6Merrimack County41.06-19.8%
7Hillsborough County40.98-20.2%
8Strafford County40.15-12.6%
9Sullivan County39.97-23%
10Rockingham County38.16-19.1%

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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 New Hampshire by annual precipitation, 2015) [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 New Hampshire by annual precipitation, 2015. 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2015. 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 New Hampshire by annual precipitation, 2015. 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2015.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in New Hampshire by annual precipitation, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/new-hampshire-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Carroll County, with 48.21 inches in 2015, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest annual precipitation?

Rockingham County, with 38.16 inches in 2015.

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