# Counties in North Dakota by annual precipitation, 2025

All 53 values come from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Unit: inches
- Definition: 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.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/noaa-ncei
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | inches |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sargent County | 26.16 |
| 2 | Richland County | 25.67 |
| 3 | Sioux County | 25.33 |
| 4 | Ransom County | 25.12 |
| 5 | Grant County | 23.45 |
| 6 | Emmons County | 23.09 |
| 7 | Dickey County | 22.99 |
| 8 | LaMoure County | 22.75 |
| 9 | Burleigh County | 22.68 |
| 10 | Logan County | 22.45 |
| 11 | Morton County | 22.32 |
| 12 | Adams County | 22.19 |
| 13 | Barnes County | 22.14 |
| 14 | Cass County | 21.85 |
| 15 | Kidder County | 21.46 |
| 16 | Sheridan County | 21.38 |
| 17 | Hettinger County | 21.21 |
| 18 | Griggs County | 21.03 |
| 19 | McIntosh County | 20.88 |
| 20 | Steele County | 20.77 |
| 21 | Stark County | 20.51 |
| 22 | Stutsman County | 20.46 |
| 23 | Oliver County | 20.43 |
| 24 | Traill County | 20.22 |
| 25 | Dunn County | 20.14 |
| 26 | Nelson County | 19.81 |
| 27 | Bowman County | 19.64 |
| 28 | Mercer County | 19.58 |
| 29 | Golden Valley County | 19.48 |
| 30 | Slope County | 19.44 |
| 31 | Billings County | 19.41 |
| 31 | Pembina County | 19.41 |
| 33 | McLean County | 19.26 |
| 34 | Grand Forks County | 18.77 |
| 35 | Foster County | 18.66 |
| 36 | Walsh County | 18.58 |
| 37 | Eddy County | 18.42 |
| 38 | Wells County | 18.3 |
| 39 | Ward County | 18.09 |
| 40 | Cavalier County | 17.99 |
| 41 | Mountrail County | 17.86 |
| 42 | Burke County | 17.81 |
| 43 | Ramsey County | 17.78 |
| 44 | McKenzie County | 17.73 |
| 45 | Williams County | 17.49 |
| 46 | McHenry County | 17.43 |
| 47 | Benson County | 17.38 |
| 48 | Divide County | 17.36 |
| 49 | Pierce County | 16.62 |
| 50 | Renville County | 16.14 |
| 51 | Towner County | 15.24 |
| 52 | Bottineau County | 14.9 |
| 53 | Rolette County | 14.8 |