Counties in Ohio by annual precipitation

Monroe County had the highest annual precipitation of 88 counties in 2023, at 44.73 inches. Lucas County had the lowest, at 30.67 inches. The median was 38.54 inches and the figure for Ohio was 37.75 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest44.73Monroe County
Lowest30.67Lucas County
Median38.5488 counties
Ohio37.75History

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 41.56 inchesAllen County: 34.06 inchesAshland County: 38.66 inchesAshtabula County: 37.39 inchesAthens County: 37.48 inchesAuglaize County: 33.34 inchesBelmont County: 41.55 inchesBrown County: 43.06 inchesButler County: 39.74 inchesCarroll County: 40.32 inchesChampaign County: 39.62 inchesClark County: 39.92 inchesClermont County: 40.16 inchesClinton County: 41.68 inchesColumbiana County: 39.02 inchesCoshocton County: 39.14 inchesCrawford County: 39.17 inchesCuyahoga County: 42.37 inchesDarke County: 34.71 inchesDefiance County: 31.75 inchesDelaware County: 38.8 inchesErie County: 39.29 inchesFairfield County: 36.2 inchesFayette County: 37.76 inchesFranklin County: 38.84 inchesFulton County: 32.93 inchesGallia County: 37.33 inchesGeauga County: 44.39 inchesGreene County: 38.83 inchesGuernsey County: 39.64 inchesHamilton County: 38.89 inchesHancock County: 30.71 inchesHardin County: 32.29 inchesHarrison County: 40.19 inchesHenry County: 32.55 inchesHighland County: 40.43 inchesHocking County: 36.24 inchesHolmes County: 38.47 inchesHuron County: 39.88 inchesJackson County: 37.59 inchesJefferson County: 38.01 inchesKnox County: 42.12 inchesLake County: 43.73 inchesLawrence County: 35.69 inchesLicking County: 39.44 inchesLogan County: 36.99 inchesLorain County: 39.81 inchesLucas County: 30.67 inchesMadison County: 38.55 inchesMahoning County: 38.89 inchesMarion County: 33.96 inchesMedina County: 38.17 inchesMeigs County: 38.96 inchesMercer County: 32.85 inchesMiami County: 35.44 inchesMonroe County: 44.73 inchesMontgomery County: 36.04 inchesMorgan County: 39.56 inchesMorrow County: 41.44 inchesMuskingum County: 40.03 inchesNoble County: 39.82 inchesOttawa County: 32.16 inchesPaulding County: 32.55 inchesPerry County: 38.88 inchesPickaway County: 35 inchesPike County: 38.53 inchesPortage County: 38.99 inchesPreble County: 36.31 inchesPutnam County: 32.06 inchesRichland County: 40.73 inchesRoss County: 36.62 inchesSandusky County: 35.4 inchesScioto County: 38.74 inchesSeneca County: 36.29 inchesShelby County: 35.01 inchesStark County: 37.48 inchesSummit County: 35.93 inchesTrumbull County: 39.5 inchesTuscarawas County: 40.93 inchesUnion County: 36.85 inchesVan Wert County: 35.73 inchesVinton County: 36.92 inchesWarren County: 39.1 inchesWashington County: 41.22 inchesWayne County: 36.44 inchesWilliams County: 32 inchesWood County: 31.4 inchesWyandot County: 32.88 inches
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inches, 2023. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Monroe County: 44.73 inchesMonroe County44.73Geauga County: 44.39 inchesGeauga County44.39Lake County: 43.73 inchesLake County43.73Brown County: 43.06 inchesBrown County43.06Cuyahoga County: 42.37 inchesCuyahoga County42.37Knox County: 42.12 inchesKnox County42.12Clinton County: 41.68 inchesClinton County41.68Adams County: 41.56 inchesAdams County41.56Belmont County: 41.55 inchesBelmont County41.55Morrow County: 41.44 inchesMorrow County41.44Washington County: 41.22 inchesWashington County41.22Tuscarawas County: 40.93 inchesTuscarawas County40.93Richland County: 40.73 inchesRichland County40.73Highland County: 40.43 inchesHighland County40.43Carroll County: 40.32 inchesCarroll County40.32Harrison County: 40.19 inchesHarrison County40.19Clermont County: 40.16 inchesClermont County40.16Muskingum County: 40.03 inchesMuskingum County40.03Clark County: 39.92 inchesClark County39.92Huron County: 39.88 inchesHuron County39.88Noble County: 39.82 inchesNoble County39.82Lorain County: 39.81 inchesLorain County39.81Butler County: 39.74 inchesButler County39.74Guernsey County: 39.64 inchesGuernsey County39.64Champaign County: 39.62 inchesChampaign County39.62Morgan County: 39.56 inchesMorgan County39.56Trumbull County: 39.5 inchesTrumbull County39.5Licking County: 39.44 inchesLicking County39.44Erie County: 39.29 inchesErie County39.29Crawford County: 39.17 inchesCrawford County39.17Coshocton County: 39.14 inchesCoshocton County39.14Warren County: 39.1 inchesWarren County39.1Columbiana County: 39.02 inchesColumbiana County39.02Portage County: 38.99 inchesPortage County38.99Meigs County: 38.96 inchesMeigs County38.96Hamilton County: 38.89 inchesHamilton County38.89Mahoning County: 38.89 inchesMahoning County38.89Perry County: 38.88 inchesPerry County38.88Franklin County: 38.84 inchesFranklin County38.84Greene County: 38.83 inchesGreene County38.83Monroe County: 44.73 inchesMonroe County44.73Geauga County: 44.39 inchesGeauga County44.39Lake County: 43.73 inchesLake County43.73Brown County: 43.06 inchesBrown County43.06Cuyahoga County: 42.37 inchesCuyahoga County42.37Knox County: 42.12 inchesKnox County42.12Clinton County: 41.68 inchesClinton County41.68Adams County: 41.56 inchesAdams County41.56Belmont County: 41.55 inchesBelmont County41.55Morrow County: 41.44 inchesMorrow County41.44Washington County: 41.22 inchesWashington County41.22Tuscarawas County: 40.93 inchesTuscarawas County40.93Richland County: 40.73 inchesRichland County40.73Highland County: 40.43 inchesHighland County40.43Carroll County: 40.32 inchesCarroll County40.32Harrison County: 40.19 inchesHarrison County40.19Clermont County: 40.16 inchesClermont County40.16Muskingum County: 40.03 inchesMuskingum County40.03Clark County: 39.92 inchesClark County39.92Huron County: 39.88 inchesHuron County39.88Noble County: 39.82 inchesNoble County39.82Lorain County: 39.81 inchesLorain County39.81Butler County: 39.74 inchesButler County39.74Guernsey County: 39.64 inchesGuernsey County39.64Champaign County: 39.62 inchesChampaign County39.62Morgan County: 39.56 inchesMorgan County39.56Trumbull County: 39.5 inchesTrumbull County39.5Licking County: 39.44 inchesLicking County39.44Erie County: 39.29 inchesErie County39.29Crawford County: 39.17 inchesCrawford County39.17Coshocton County: 39.14 inchesCoshocton County39.14Warren County: 39.1 inchesWarren County39.1Columbiana County: 39.02 inchesColumbiana County39.02Portage County: 38.99 inchesPortage County38.99Meigs County: 38.96 inchesMeigs County38.96Hamilton County: 38.89 inchesHamilton County38.89Mahoning County: 38.89 inchesMahoning County38.89Perry County: 38.88 inchesPerry County38.88Franklin County: 38.84 inchesFranklin County38.84Greene County: 38.83 inchesGreene County38.83
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
inches
Change on 2022
1Monroe County44.73-10.8%
2Geauga County44.39+6.7%
3Lake County43.73+4.1%
4Brown County43.06-10.6%
5Cuyahoga County42.37+12.2%
6Knox County42.12-4%
7Clinton County41.68-4.7%
8Adams County41.56-12.5%
9Belmont County41.55-15%
10Morrow County41.44+4.6%
11Washington County41.22-5.9%
12Tuscarawas County40.93-6.4%
13Richland County40.73+1.4%
14Highland County40.43-13.8%
15Carroll County40.32-13%
16Harrison County40.19-15.1%
17Clermont County40.16-13.8%
18Muskingum County40.03-12%
19Clark County39.92-11.7%
20Huron County39.88+16.5%
21Noble County39.82-10.2%
22Lorain County39.81+18.8%
23Butler County39.74-8.6%
24Guernsey County39.64-12.3%
25Champaign County39.62-10.1%
26Morgan County39.56-9.7%
27Trumbull County39.5+2.4%
28Licking County39.44-15.3%
29Erie County39.29+30.8%
30Crawford County39.17+6.7%
31Coshocton County39.14-9.3%
32Warren County39.1-9.7%
33Columbiana County39.02-13.5%
34Portage County38.99+8.3%
35Meigs County38.96-12.2%
36Hamilton County38.89-11.6%
36Mahoning County38.89+3.7%
38Perry County38.88-15.1%
39Franklin County38.84-10.1%
40Greene County38.83-6.4%
41Delaware County38.8-6.1%
42Scioto County38.74-9.5%
43Ashland County38.66-1.2%
44Madison County38.55-6.6%
45Pike County38.53-10.5%
46Holmes County38.47-10.3%
47Medina County38.17+10.1%
48Jefferson County38.01-20.8%
49Fayette County37.76-16.6%
50Jackson County37.59-11.2%
51Athens County37.48-12.3%
51Stark County37.48+0.2%
53Ashtabula County37.39-6.4%
54Gallia County37.33-13%
55Logan County36.99-5.6%
56Vinton County36.92-13.5%
57Union County36.85-7.8%
58Ross County36.62-16.1%
59Wayne County36.44-4.1%
60Preble County36.31-8%
61Seneca County36.29+12.1%
62Hocking County36.24-17.7%
63Fairfield County36.2-19.3%
64Montgomery County36.04-9.2%
65Summit County35.93+8%
66Van Wert County35.73+0.4%
67Lawrence County35.69-17.2%
68Miami County35.44-8.7%
69Sandusky County35.4+18%
70Shelby County35.01-9.4%
71Pickaway County35-18.1%
72Darke County34.71-3.6%
73Allen County34.06-4.6%
74Marion County33.96+0.8%
75Auglaize County33.34-3.5%
76Fulton County32.93+6.8%
77Wyandot County32.88+2.1%
78Mercer County32.85+0.5%
79Henry County32.55+0.9%
79Paulding County32.55-5.5%
81Hardin County32.29+0.5%
82Ottawa County32.16+17.5%
83Putnam County32.06-3.1%
84Williams County32-5.2%
85Defiance County31.75-4.7%
86Wood County31.4+1.9%
87Hancock County30.71-0.4%
88Lucas County30.67+6.5%

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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 Ohio by annual precipitation, 2023) [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 Ohio by annual precipitation, 2023. 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/ohio-counties?period=2023. 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 Ohio by annual precipitation, 2023. 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/ohio-counties?period=2023.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Ohio by annual precipitation, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/ohio-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Ohio by annual precipitation, 2023}},
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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Monroe County, with 44.73 inches in 2023, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Lucas County, with 30.67 inches in 2023.

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