Counties in Pennsylvania by annual precipitation, 2025

Westmoreland County had the highest annual precipitation of 67 counties in 2025, at 46.65 inches. Beaver County had the lowest, at 34.41 inches. The median was 39.78 inches and the figure for Pennsylvania was 40.27 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Lowest34.41Beaver County
Median39.7867 counties
Pennsylvania40.27History

Top 40 counties, 2025

Westmoreland County: 46.65 inchesWestmoreland County46.65Fayette County: 46.56 inchesFayette County46.56Somerset County: 46.29 inchesSomerset County46.29Cambria County: 45.48 inchesCambria County45.48Indiana County: 44.29 inchesIndiana County44.29Erie County: 43.99 inchesErie County43.99Wayne County: 43.47 inchesWayne County43.47Lancaster County: 43.45 inchesLancaster County43.45Susquehanna County: 43.38 inchesSusquehanna County43.38Armstrong County: 42.91 inchesArmstrong County42.91Lebanon County: 42.91 inchesLebanon County42.91Forest County: 42.88 inchesForest County42.88Warren County: 42.81 inchesWarren County42.81Crawford County: 42.62 inchesCrawford County42.62Clarion County: 42.43 inchesClarion County42.43Berks County: 42.42 inchesBerks County42.42Lackawanna County: 41.84 inchesLackawanna County41.84McKean County: 41.82 inchesMcKean County41.82Schuylkill County: 41.76 inchesSchuylkill County41.76Carbon County: 41.58 inchesCarbon County41.58Mercer County: 41.49 inchesMercer County41.49Venango County: 41.29 inchesVenango County41.29Monroe County: 41 inchesMonroe County41Chester County: 40.83 inchesChester County40.83Elk County: 40.77 inchesElk County40.77Sullivan County: 40.51 inchesSullivan County40.51Centre County: 40.33 inchesCentre County40.33York County: 40.05 inchesYork County40.05Clearfield County: 40.04 inchesClearfield County40.04Jefferson County: 40.02 inchesJefferson County40.02Mifflin County: 39.99 inchesMifflin County39.99Dauphin County: 39.94 inchesDauphin County39.94Luzerne County: 39.86 inchesLuzerne County39.86Lehigh County: 39.78 inchesLehigh County39.78Wyoming County: 39.72 inchesWyoming County39.72Juniata County: 39.48 inchesJuniata County39.48Clinton County: 39.37 inchesClinton County39.37Snyder County: 39.32 inchesSnyder County39.32Butler County: 39.19 inchesButler County39.19Cumberland County: 39.18 inchesCumberland County39.18
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
inches
Change on 2024
1Westmoreland County46.65-2.3%
2Fayette County46.56-1.2%
3Somerset County46.29-1.5%
4Cambria County45.48-6.9%
5Indiana County44.29-10.7%
6Erie County43.99+1.5%
7Wayne County43.47-14.7%
8Lancaster County43.45+5.2%
9Susquehanna County43.38-11.6%
10Armstrong County42.91-7.6%
10Lebanon County42.91-2.3%
12Forest County42.88-12.1%
13Warren County42.81-7.4%
14Crawford County42.62-2.5%
15Clarion County42.43-11.2%
16Berks County42.42-0.4%
17Lackawanna County41.84-15.8%
18McKean County41.82-7.8%
19Schuylkill County41.76-6.1%
20Carbon County41.58-10.3%
21Mercer County41.49-5.6%
22Venango County41.29-12.9%
23Monroe County41-20.5%
24Chester County40.83-1.9%
25Elk County40.77-12.1%
26Sullivan County40.51-14.3%
27Centre County40.33-14.2%
28York County40.05-2.2%
29Clearfield County40.04-13.5%
30Jefferson County40.02-11.5%
31Mifflin County39.99-15.1%
32Dauphin County39.94-10.2%
33Luzerne County39.86-12.4%
34Lehigh County39.78-7.3%
35Wyoming County39.72-14.5%
36Juniata County39.48-15.1%
37Clinton County39.37-17.2%
38Snyder County39.32-12.4%
39Butler County39.19-13.3%
40Cumberland County39.18-9%
40Perry County39.18-13.1%
42Pike County39.17-18.3%
43Bucks County39.14-4.7%
44Blair County38.86-16.2%
45Montgomery County38.75-1.8%
46Cameron County38.74-16.1%
47Greene County38.71-5.2%
48Columbia County38.57-10.4%
49Potter County38.41-15.9%
50Lycoming County38.32-18.3%
51Union County38.01-15.4%
52Delaware County37.65-1.5%
52Northumberland County37.65-11.6%
54Adams County37.6-10.3%
55Lawrence County37.51-14.5%
56Allegheny County37.24-12.4%
57Northampton County37.09-15.7%
58Huntingdon County37.03-17.6%
59Montour County37-15%
60Philadelphia County36.87-8.8%
61Bedford County36.09-16.2%
62Washington County35.86-8.6%
63Franklin County35.6-9.1%
64Bradford County34.89-13.1%
65Fulton County34.83-15.2%
66Tioga County34.73-16.6%
67Beaver County34.41-18.9%

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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 Pennsylvania by annual precipitation, 2025) [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 Pennsylvania by annual precipitation, 2025. 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/pennsylvania-counties. 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 Pennsylvania by annual precipitation, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/pennsylvania-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Westmoreland County, with 46.65 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest annual precipitation?

Beaver County, with 34.41 inches in 2025.

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