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Counties in South Dakota by annual precipitation

Lincoln County had the highest annual precipitation of 66 counties in 2014, at 31.3 inches. Hyde County had the lowest, at 15.58 inches. The median was 20 inches and the figure for South Dakota was 20.19 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest31.3Lincoln County
Lowest15.58Hyde County
Median2066 counties
South Dakota20.19History

Map of counties, 2014

Aurora County: 19.99 inchesBeadle County: 15.89 inchesBennett County: 23.66 inchesBon Homme County: 22.2 inchesBrookings County: 24.48 inchesBrown County: 18.79 inchesBrule County: 19.13 inchesBuffalo County: 17.26 inchesButte County: 17.74 inchesCampbell County: 18.51 inchesCharles Mix County: 21.56 inchesClark County: 18.04 inchesClay County: 28.85 inchesCodington County: 19.35 inchesCorson County: 21.61 inchesCuster County: 21.71 inchesDavison County: 21.4 inchesDay County: 18.42 inchesDeuel County: 23.71 inchesDewey County: 22.53 inchesDouglas County: 22.11 inchesEdmunds County: 17.45 inchesFall River County: 20.63 inchesFaulk County: 16.16 inchesGrant County: 24.06 inchesGregory County: 19.82 inchesHaakon County: 18.35 inchesHamlin County: 21 inchesHand County: 16.57 inchesHanson County: 21.18 inchesHarding County: 19.57 inchesHughes County: 15.82 inchesHutchinson County: 22.06 inchesHyde County: 15.58 inchesJackson County: 20.01 inchesJerauld County: 16.86 inchesJones County: 18.43 inchesKingsbury County: 20.73 inchesLake County: 22.73 inchesLawrence County: 27.38 inchesLincoln County: 31.3 inchesLyman County: 17.08 inchesMcCook County: 22.07 inchesMcPherson County: 18.71 inchesMarshall County: 20.01 inchesMeade County: 19.42 inchesMellette County: 19.82 inchesMiner County: 19.18 inchesMinnehaha County: 26.68 inchesMoody County: 24.52 inchesOglala Lakota County: 24.53 inchesPennington County: 20.12 inchesPerkins County: 19.26 inchesPotter County: 16.98 inchesRoberts County: 22.46 inchesSanborn County: 16.59 inchesSpink County: 16.28 inchesStanley County: 18.16 inchesSully County: 16.28 inchesTodd County: 23.11 inchesTripp County: 18.18 inchesTurner County: 25.55 inchesUnion County: 29.14 inchesWalworth County: 19.05 inchesYankton County: 26.17 inchesZiebach County: 22.47 inches
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inches, 2014. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

Lincoln County: 31.3 inchesLincoln County31.3Union County: 29.14 inchesUnion County29.14Clay County: 28.85 inchesClay County28.85Lawrence County: 27.38 inchesLawrence County27.38Minnehaha County: 26.68 inchesMinnehaha County26.68Yankton County: 26.17 inchesYankton County26.17Turner County: 25.55 inchesTurner County25.55Oglala Lakota County: 24.53 inchesOglala Lakota County24.53Moody County: 24.52 inchesMoody County24.52Brookings County: 24.48 inchesBrookings County24.48Grant County: 24.06 inchesGrant County24.06Deuel County: 23.71 inchesDeuel County23.71Bennett County: 23.66 inchesBennett County23.66Todd County: 23.11 inchesTodd County23.11Lake County: 22.73 inchesLake County22.73Dewey County: 22.53 inchesDewey County22.53Ziebach County: 22.47 inchesZiebach County22.47Roberts County: 22.46 inchesRoberts County22.46Bon Homme County: 22.2 inchesBon Homme County22.2Douglas County: 22.11 inchesDouglas County22.11McCook County: 22.07 inchesMcCook County22.07Hutchinson County: 22.06 inchesHutchinson County22.06Custer County: 21.71 inchesCuster County21.71Corson County: 21.61 inchesCorson County21.61Charles Mix County: 21.56 inchesCharles Mix County21.56Davison County: 21.4 inchesDavison County21.4Hanson County: 21.18 inchesHanson County21.18Hamlin County: 21 inchesHamlin County21Kingsbury County: 20.73 inchesKingsbury County20.73Fall River County: 20.63 inchesFall River County20.63Pennington County: 20.12 inchesPennington County20.12Jackson County: 20.01 inchesJackson County20.01Marshall County: 20.01 inchesMarshall County20.01Aurora County: 19.99 inchesAurora County19.99Gregory County: 19.82 inchesGregory County19.82Mellette County: 19.82 inchesMellette County19.82Harding County: 19.57 inchesHarding County19.57Meade County: 19.42 inchesMeade County19.42Codington County: 19.35 inchesCodington County19.35Perkins County: 19.26 inchesPerkins County19.26Lincoln County: 31.3 inchesLincoln County31.3Union County: 29.14 inchesUnion County29.14Clay County: 28.85 inchesClay County28.85Lawrence County: 27.38 inchesLawrence County27.38Minnehaha County: 26.68 inchesMinnehaha County26.68Yankton County: 26.17 inchesYankton County26.17Turner County: 25.55 inchesTurner County25.55Oglala Lakota County: 24.53 inchesOglala Lakota County24.53Moody County: 24.52 inchesMoody County24.52Brookings County: 24.48 inchesBrookings County24.48Grant County: 24.06 inchesGrant County24.06Deuel County: 23.71 inchesDeuel County23.71Bennett County: 23.66 inchesBennett County23.66Todd County: 23.11 inchesTodd County23.11Lake County: 22.73 inchesLake County22.73Dewey County: 22.53 inchesDewey County22.53Ziebach County: 22.47 inchesZiebach County22.47Roberts County: 22.46 inchesRoberts County22.46Bon Homme County: 22.2 inchesBon Homme County22.2Douglas County: 22.11 inchesDouglas County22.11McCook County: 22.07 inchesMcCook County22.07Hutchinson County: 22.06 inchesHutchinson County22.06Custer County: 21.71 inchesCuster County21.71Corson County: 21.61 inchesCorson County21.61Charles Mix County: 21.56 inchesCharles Mix County21.56Davison County: 21.4 inchesDavison County21.4Hanson County: 21.18 inchesHanson County21.18Hamlin County: 21 inchesHamlin County21Kingsbury County: 20.73 inchesKingsbury County20.73Fall River County: 20.63 inchesFall River County20.63Pennington County: 20.12 inchesPennington County20.12Jackson County: 20.01 inchesJackson County20.01Marshall County: 20.01 inchesMarshall County20.01Aurora County: 19.99 inchesAurora County19.99Gregory County: 19.82 inchesGregory County19.82Mellette County: 19.82 inchesMellette County19.82Harding County: 19.57 inchesHarding County19.57Meade County: 19.42 inchesMeade County19.42Codington County: 19.35 inchesCodington County19.35Perkins County: 19.26 inchesPerkins County19.26
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014
inches		Change on 2013
1Lincoln County31.3+5.2%
2Union County29.14+12.3%
3Clay County28.85+10.2%
4Lawrence County27.38-20.6%
5Minnehaha County26.68+4.3%
6Yankton County26.17-9.3%
7Turner County25.55-11.9%
8Oglala Lakota County24.53+6.3%
9Moody County24.52-1.8%
10Brookings County24.48-5.6%
11Grant County24.06-11.6%
12Deuel County23.71-13.1%
13Bennett County23.66+8.9%
14Todd County23.11-1.7%
15Lake County22.73-12.4%
16Dewey County22.53-14%
17Ziebach County22.47-7.9%
18Roberts County22.46-21.6%
19Bon Homme County22.2-25.1%
20Douglas County22.11-21.1%
21McCook County22.07-18.2%
22Hutchinson County22.06-22.2%
23Custer County21.71-4.2%
24Corson County21.61-20.8%
25Charles Mix County21.56-20.5%
26Davison County21.4-27.3%
27Hanson County21.18-22.8%
28Hamlin County21-21%
29Kingsbury County20.73-21.3%
30Fall River County20.63+3.5%
31Pennington County20.12-16.2%
32Jackson County20.01-13.3%
32Marshall County20.01-22.3%
34Aurora County19.99-26.2%
35Gregory County19.82-26.3%
35Mellette County19.82-13.6%
37Harding County19.57-15.1%
38Meade County19.42-15.3%
39Codington County19.35-28.8%
40Perkins County19.26-24.3%
41Miner County19.18-31.3%
42Brule County19.13-28.1%
43Walworth County19.05-23.7%
44Brown County18.79-19.2%
45McPherson County18.71-15.7%
46Campbell County18.51-24.1%
47Jones County18.43-27%
48Day County18.42-29.3%
49Haakon County18.35-20.6%
50Tripp County18.18-27.5%
51Stanley County18.16-27.7%
52Clark County18.04-33.2%
53Butte County17.74-18.7%
54Edmunds County17.45-19.8%
55Buffalo County17.26-33.3%
56Lyman County17.08-34.7%
57Potter County16.98-28.9%
58Jerauld County16.86-36%
59Sanborn County16.59-38.7%
60Hand County16.57-34.8%
61Spink County16.28-32.7%
61Sully County16.28-33.1%
63Faulk County16.16-25.7%
64Beadle County15.89-38.4%
65Hughes County15.82-33.1%
66Hyde County15.58-36%

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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 South Dakota by annual precipitation, 2014) [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 South Dakota by annual precipitation, 2014. 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2014. 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 South Dakota by annual precipitation, 2014. 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/south-dakota-counties?period=2014.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in South Dakota by annual precipitation, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/south-dakota-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in South Dakota by annual precipitation, 2014}},
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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Lincoln County, with 31.3 inches in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Hyde County, with 15.58 inches in 2014.

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