# Counties in Virginia by annual precipitation, 2025

All 132 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, counties (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping)
- 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, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | inches |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lee County | 55.22 |
| 2 | Wise County | 54.08 |
| 3 | Prince George County | 54.07 |
| 4 | Surry County | 53.97 |
| 5 | Norton city | 53.92 |
| 6 | Sussex County | 53.78 |
| 7 | Hopewell city | 53.68 |
| 8 | Russell County | 53 |
| 9 | Charles City County | 52.71 |
| 10 | Petersburg city | 52.66 |
| 11 | Colonial Heights city | 52.23 |
| 12 | James City County | 52.01 |
| 13 | Williamsburg city | 51.86 |
| 14 | Isle of Wight County | 51.76 |
| 15 | Franklin city | 50.86 |
| 16 | New Kent County | 50.83 |
| 17 | Scott County | 50.81 |
| 18 | Tazewell County | 50.74 |
| 19 | Southampton County | 50.44 |
| 20 | Gloucester County | 50.21 |
| 21 | York County | 50.01 |
| 22 | Buchanan County | 49.79 |
| 23 | Washington County | 49.69 |
| 24 | Middlesex County | 49.61 |
| 25 | Dinwiddie County | 49.55 |
| 26 | Emporia city | 49.47 |
| 27 | Chesterfield County | 49.36 |
| 28 | Suffolk city | 49.18 |
| 29 | Lancaster County | 49.03 |
| 30 | Newport News city | 49.02 |
| 31 | Greensville County | 48.99 |
| 32 | Henrico County | 48.87 |
| 33 | Mathews County | 48.69 |
| 34 | Dickenson County | 48.68 |
| 35 | Smyth County | 48.54 |
| 36 | Richmond city | 48.44 |
| 37 | King and Queen County | 48.21 |
| 38 | Brunswick County | 47.41 |
| 39 | Richmond County | 47.31 |
| 40 | Nottoway County | 47.2 |
| 41 | King William County | 47.19 |
| 42 | Poquoson city | 47.1 |
| 43 | Amelia County | 47.04 |
| 44 | Hampton city | 46.93 |
| 45 | Powhatan County | 46.84 |
| 46 | Lunenburg County | 46.71 |
| 47 | Northumberland County | 46.66 |
| 48 | Accomack County | 46.04 |
| 48 | Bristol city | 46.04 |
| 50 | Essex County | 45.91 |
| 50 | Portsmouth city | 45.91 |
| 52 | Prince Edward County | 45.68 |
| 53 | Chesapeake city | 45.38 |
| 54 | Cumberland County | 45.23 |
| 55 | Hanover County | 44.96 |
| 56 | Northampton County | 44.93 |
| 57 | Mecklenburg County | 44.92 |
| 58 | Goochland County | 44.59 |
| 59 | Norfolk city | 44.36 |
| 60 | Westmoreland County | 44.11 |
| 61 | Amherst County | 43.89 |
| 62 | Highland County | 43.76 |
| 63 | Bath County | 43.73 |
| 64 | Alleghany County | 43.33 |
| 65 | Virginia Beach city | 43.03 |
| 66 | Charlotte County | 42.88 |
| 67 | Rockbridge County | 42.57 |
| 68 | Nelson County | 42.52 |
| 69 | Patrick County | 42.2 |
| 70 | Covington city | 41.97 |
| 71 | Buena Vista city | 41.94 |
| 72 | Buckingham County | 41.91 |
| 73 | Martinsville city | 41.43 |
| 74 | Halifax County | 41.24 |
| 75 | Carroll County | 41.23 |
| 76 | Franklin County | 41.12 |
| 77 | Madison County | 41.08 |
| 78 | Caroline County | 41.07 |
| 78 | Henry County | 41.07 |
| 80 | Galax city | 40.72 |
| 81 | Danville city | 40.63 |
| 82 | Greene County | 40.54 |
| 83 | Page County | 40.48 |
| 83 | Pittsylvania County | 40.48 |
| 85 | Botetourt County | 40.45 |
| 86 | Warren County | 40.22 |
| 87 | Appomattox County | 40.2 |
| 88 | Fluvanna County | 40 |
| 89 | Rappahannock County | 39.99 |
| 90 | Bedford County | 39.98 |
| 91 | Augusta County | 39.94 |
| 92 | Louisa County | 39.88 |
| 93 | Roanoke city | 39.7 |
| 94 | Floyd County | 39.67 |
| 95 | Roanoke County | 39.59 |
| 96 | Lynchburg city | 39.44 |
| 97 | Salem city | 39.39 |
| 98 | Grayson County | 39.2 |
| 99 | Bland County | 39.17 |
| 100 | Craig County | 38.65 |
| 101 | Orange County | 38.63 |
| 102 | Albemarle County | 38.4 |
| 103 | King George County | 38.38 |
| 104 | Culpeper County | 38.35 |
| 105 | Campbell County | 38.29 |
| 106 | Waynesboro city | 38.19 |
| 107 | Fredericksburg city | 38.18 |
| 108 | Spotsylvania County | 37.93 |
| 109 | Staunton city | 37.89 |
| 110 | Giles County | 37.66 |
| 111 | Shenandoah County | 37.61 |
| 112 | Charlottesville city | 37.48 |
| 113 | Wythe County | 36.96 |
| 114 | Stafford County | 36.65 |
| 115 | Montgomery County | 36.44 |
| 116 | Alexandria city | 36.28 |
| 117 | Arlington County | 36.27 |
| 118 | Pulaski County | 36.26 |
| 119 | Rockingham County | 36.15 |
| 120 | Fauquier County | 36.11 |
| 121 | Winchester city | 36.1 |
| 122 | Falls Church city | 35.75 |
| 123 | Frederick County | 35.6 |
| 124 | Clarke County | 35.43 |
| 125 | Radford city | 35.18 |
| 126 | Fairfax city | 34.34 |
| 127 | Harrisonburg city | 34.11 |
| 128 | Fairfax County | 33.89 |
| 129 | Prince William County | 32.46 |
| 130 | Manassas Park city | 31.48 |
| 131 | Loudoun County | 31.38 |
| 132 | Manassas city | 31.12 |