# US states by annual precipitation, 2025

All 50 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, contiguous US and statewide (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/15/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json)
- 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, contiguous US and statewide. 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/statewide/time-series/15/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/us-states

| Rank | Place | inches |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kentucky | 57.49 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 53.42 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 53.05 |
| 4 | Mississippi | 52.37 |
| 5 | Alabama | 51.8 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 51.56 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 45.08 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 44.81 |
| 9 | Florida | 44.66 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 44.61 |
| 11 | Georgia | 44.1 |
| 12 | Virginia | 43.38 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 43.11 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 42.92 |
| 15 | Vermont | 41.98 |
| 16 | Hawaii | 41.96 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 41.87 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | 40.27 |
| 19 | Delaware | 40.26 |
| 20 | New York | 40.19 |
| 21 | Washington | 40.04 |
| 22 | New Hampshire | 40.02 |
| 23 | Indiana | 39.86 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 39.46 |
| 25 | Alaska | 39.14 |
| 26 | Ohio | 39.11 |
| 27 | Maine | 38.95 |
| 28 | New Jersey | 38.86 |
| 29 | Maryland | 38.37 |
| 30 | Missouri | 38.09 |
| 31 | Iowa | 33.57 |
| 32 | Illinois | 32.96 |
| 33 | Michigan | 32.02 |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 30.64 |
| 35 | Kansas | 29.48 |
| 36 | Oregon | 29.14 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 26.58 |
| 38 | Texas | 26.01 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 24.34 |
| 40 | California | 23.29 |
| 41 | South Dakota | 23.26 |
| 42 | Idaho | 23.15 |
| 43 | Montana | 20.04 |
| 44 | North Dakota | 19.87 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 16.29 |
| 46 | Colorado | 16.04 |
| 47 | New Mexico | 12.51 |
| 48 | Utah | 10.4 |
| 49 | Arizona | 9.82 |
| 50 | Nevada | 9.41 |