Counties in New Mexico by annual precipitation

Curry County had the highest annual precipitation of 33 counties in 2018, at 17.4 inches. San Juan County had the lowest, at 5.69 inches. The median was 13.26 inches and the figure for New Mexico was 12.72 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest17.4Curry County

Lowest5.69San Juan County

Median13.2633 counties

New Mexico12.72History

Map of counties, 2018

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16 and over

inches, 2018. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2018 inches	Change on 2017
1	Curry County	17.4	-25.7%
2	Quay County	16.87	-21.9%
3	Union County	16.62	-26.6%
4	Mora County	16.46	-32.2%
5	San Miguel County	15.77	-31.7%
6	Grant County	15.66	+20.4%
7	Roosevelt County	15.6	-33.4%
8	Harding County	14.75	-36.2%
9	Guadalupe County	14.09	-30.8%
10	De Baca County	14.05	-22.2%
11	Lincoln County	13.85	-5.3%
12	Hidalgo County	13.81	+27.6%
13	Colfax County	13.78	-41%
14	Los Alamos County	13.7	-14.3%
15	Lea County	13.46	-7.2%
16	Catron County	13.39	+14.1%
17	Taos County	13.26	-37.4%
18	Otero County	13.16	-0.8%
18	Santa Fe County	13.16	-10.8%
20	Eddy County	12.95	-4.4%
21	Torrance County	12.92	-6.8%
22	Rio Arriba County	12.17	-28.7%
23	Socorro County	12.12	+23.8%
24	Sierra County	12.06	+0.3%
25	Chaves County	12	-12.3%
26	Luna County	11.59	+11.8%
27	Doña Ana County	10.74	-8.4%
28	Bernalillo County	10.55	-6.6%
29	Sandoval County	10.26	-12.3%
30	Cibola County	9.5	-9.1%
31	McKinley County	9.01	-9.5%
32	Valencia County	8.72	-12.9%
33	San Juan County	5.69	-34.1%

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 New Mexico by annual precipitation, 2018) [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 Mexico by annual precipitation, 2018. 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-mexico-counties?period=2018. 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 Mexico by annual precipitation, 2018. 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-mexico-counties?period=2018.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in New Mexico by annual precipitation, 2018 [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-mexico-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in New Mexico by annual precipitation, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/new-mexico-counties?period=2018. 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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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Curry County, with 17.4 inches in 2018, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest annual precipitation?

San Juan County, with 5.69 inches in 2018.

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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.