Counties in Vermont by annual precipitation

Windham County had the highest annual precipitation of 14 counties in 2023, at 59.47 inches. Grand Isle County had the lowest, at 45.41 inches. The median was 52.09 inches and the figure for Vermont was 53.32 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest59.47Windham County
Median52.0914 counties
Vermont53.32History

Map of counties, 2023

Addison County: 52.06 inchesBennington County: 57.9 inchesCaledonia County: 50.31 inchesChittenden County: 48.06 inchesEssex County: 50.82 inchesFranklin County: 50.22 inchesGrand Isle County: 45.41 inchesLamoille County: 55.28 inchesOrange County: 52.12 inchesOrleans County: 53.52 inchesRutland County: 51.74 inchesWashington County: 52.53 inchesWindham County: 59.47 inchesWindsor County: 56.6 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.

All counties, 2023

Windham County: 59.47 inchesWindham County59.47Bennington County: 57.9 inchesBennington County57.9Windsor County: 56.6 inchesWindsor County56.6Lamoille County: 55.28 inchesLamoille County55.28Orleans County: 53.52 inchesOrleans County53.52Washington County: 52.53 inchesWashington County52.53Orange County: 52.12 inchesOrange County52.12Addison County: 52.06 inchesAddison County52.06Rutland County: 51.74 inchesRutland County51.74Essex County: 50.82 inchesEssex County50.82Caledonia County: 50.31 inchesCaledonia County50.31Franklin County: 50.22 inchesFranklin County50.22Chittenden County: 48.06 inchesChittenden County48.06Grand Isle County: 45.41 inchesGrand Isle County45.41Windham County: 59.47 inchesWindham County59.47Bennington County: 57.9 inchesBennington County57.9Windsor County: 56.6 inchesWindsor County56.6Lamoille County: 55.28 inchesLamoille County55.28Orleans County: 53.52 inchesOrleans County53.52Washington County: 52.53 inchesWashington County52.53Orange County: 52.12 inchesOrange County52.12Addison County: 52.06 inchesAddison County52.06Rutland County: 51.74 inchesRutland County51.74Essex County: 50.82 inchesEssex County50.82Caledonia County: 50.31 inchesCaledonia County50.31Franklin County: 50.22 inchesFranklin County50.22Chittenden County: 48.06 inchesChittenden County48.06Grand Isle County: 45.41 inchesGrand Isle County45.41
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
1Windham County59.47+21.9%
2Bennington County57.9+22.1%
3Windsor County56.6+27.6%
4Lamoille County55.28+22.6%
5Orleans County53.52+6.7%
6Washington County52.53+34%
7Orange County52.12+36.2%
8Addison County52.06+31.4%
9Rutland County51.74+13.2%
10Essex County50.82+11.7%
11Caledonia County50.31+23.5%
12Franklin County50.22+10.2%
13Chittenden County48.06+22.1%
14Grand Isle County45.41+0.8%

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About this ranking

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.

How to cite

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 Vermont 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 Vermont 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/vermont-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 Vermont 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/vermont-counties?period=2023.

Harvard

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Vermont 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/vermont-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Windham County, with 59.47 inches in 2023, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest annual precipitation?

Grand Isle County, with 45.41 inches in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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