29.3 in
2025 (latest)
CONTIGUOUS US PRECIPITATION
inches · 1895–2025 · neither direction is "better" · NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance
27.5 in
1895
34.9 in
high · 1973
24.9 in
low · 1910
+6%
since 1895
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. 12-month period ending December; contiguous United States precipitation total in inches. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/pcp/12/12/1895-2025.csv
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Contiguous US precipitation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.3 in | −8% |
| 2024 | 31.6 in | +7% |
| 2023 | 29.5 in | +4% |
| 2022 | 28.4 in | −6% |
| 2021 | 30.4 in | +0% |
| 2020 | 30.4 in | −13% |
| 2019 | 34.8 in | +1% |
| 2018 | 34.6 in | +7% |
| 2017 | 32.3 in | +3% |
| 2016 | 31.4 in | −9% |
| 2015 | 34.6 in | +12% |
| 2014 | 30.8 in | −1% |
| 2013 | 31.0 in | +13% |
| 2012 | 27.5 in | −9% |
| 2011 | 30.1 in | −4% |
| 2010 | 31.4 in | −3% |
| 2009 | 32.3 in | +3% |
| 2008 | 31.2 in | +7% |
| 2007 | 29.2 in | −2% |
| 2006 | 29.8 in | −1% |
| 2005 | 30.1 in | −9% |
| 2004 | 33.2 in | +9% |
| 2003 | 30.5 in | +5% |
| 2002 | 29.1 in | +0% |
| 2001 | 29.0 in | +3% |
| 2000 | 28.2 in | −1% |
| 1999 | 28.5 in | −16% |
| 1998 | 33.9 in | +6% |
| 1997 | 31.8 in | −5% |
| 1996 | 33.7 in | +3% |
| 1995 | 32.7 in | +7% |
| 1994 | 30.6 in | −6% |
| 1993 | 32.6 in | +4% |
| 1992 | 31.3 in | −4% |
| 1991 | 32.4 in | +1% |
| 1990 | 32.2 in | +11% |
| 1989 | 29.0 in | +12% |
| 1988 | 25.9 in | −11% |
| 1987 | 29.0 in | −8% |
| 1986 | 31.4 in | +5% |
| 1985 | 29.9 in | −5% |
| 1984 | 31.4 in | −10% |
| 1983 | 34.7 in | +3% |
| 1982 | 33.8 in | +13% |
| 1981 | 29.9 in | +6% |
| 1980 | 28.3 in | −14% |
| 1979 | 32.7 in | +9% |
| 1978 | 30.1 in | −1% |
| 1977 | 30.4 in | +16% |
| 1976 | 26.3 in | −20% |
| 1975 | 33.0 in | +8% |
| 1974 | 30.6 in | −12% |
| 1973 | 34.9 in | +10% |
| 1972 | 31.7 in | +5% |
| 1971 | 30.3 in | +2% |
| 1970 | 29.7 in | −3% |
| 1969 | 30.6 in | +1% |
| 1968 | 30.4 in | +3% |
| 1967 | 29.6 in | +8% |
| 1966 | 27.4 in | −8% |
| 1965 | 29.8 in | −1% |
| 1964 | 30.2 in | +18% |
| 1963 | 25.6 in | −10% |
| 1962 | 28.6 in | −9% |
| 1961 | 31.3 in | +9% |
| 1960 | 28.7 in | −6% |
| 1959 | 30.6 in | +1% |
| 1958 | 30.2 in | −11% |
| 1957 | 33.8 in | +33% |
| 1956 | 25.4 in | −9% |
| 1955 | 27.7 in | +6% |
| 1954 | 26.1 in | −8% |
| 1953 | 28.3 in | +7% |
| 1952 | 26.3 in | −16% |
| 1951 | 31.2 in | +1% |
| 1950 | 30.9 in | +2% |
| 1949 | 30.3 in | −1% |
| 1948 | 30.7 in | +4% |
| 1947 | 29.4 in | −6% |
| 1946 | 31.1 in | −6% |
| 1945 | 33.0 in | +8% |
| 1944 | 30.6 in | +14% |
| 1943 | 26.8 in | −14% |
| 1942 | 31.3 in | −4% |
| 1941 | 32.8 in | +8% |
| 1940 | 30.4 in | +16% |
| 1939 | 26.3 in | −12% |
| 1938 | 29.7 in | −3% |
| 1937 | 30.5 in | +12% |
| 1936 | 27.3 in | −7% |
| 1935 | 29.5 in | +14% |
| 1934 | 25.8 in | −6% |
| 1933 | 27.5 in | −10% |
| 1932 | 30.4 in | +11% |
| 1931 | 27.5 in | +8% |
| 1930 | 25.6 in | −15% |
| 1929 | 30.1 in | +2% |
| 1928 | 29.5 in | −8% |
| 1927 | 32.0 in | +4% |
| 1926 | 30.9 in | +15% |
| 1925 | 27.0 in | +2% |
| 1924 | 26.5 in | −16% |
| 1923 | 31.7 in | +6% |
| 1922 | 29.9 in | +4% |
| 1921 | 28.8 in | −8% |
| 1920 | 31.3 in | −1% |
| 1919 | 31.7 in | +10% |
| 1918 | 28.8 in | +13% |
| 1917 | 25.3 in | −14% |
| 1916 | 29.4 in | −10% |
| 1915 | 32.8 in | +14% |
| 1914 | 28.8 in | −3% |
| 1913 | 29.8 in | −2% |
| 1912 | 30.5 in | +3% |
| 1911 | 29.5 in | +19% |
| 1910 | 24.9 in | −20% |
| 1909 | 31.2 in | +5% |
| 1908 | 29.8 in | −4% |
| 1907 | 30.9 in | −6% |
| 1906 | 32.8 in | +1% |
| 1905 | 32.6 in | +17% |
| 1904 | 27.9 in | −5% |
| 1903 | 29.4 in | −4% |
| 1902 | 30.6 in | +11% |
| 1901 | 27.6 in | −10% |
| 1900 | 30.6 in | +7% |
| 1899 | 28.7 in | −3% |
| 1898 | 29.6 in | −0% |
| 1897 | 29.7 in | −0% |
| 1896 | 29.8 in | +8% |
| 1895 | 27.5 in | — |
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