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The driest states

Annual precipitation.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Total annual precipitation in inches, including rain and the liquid equivalent of snow. This is not a rainfall-only measure.

  1. 1Nevada8.6 in
  2. 2Arizona9.0 in
  3. 3New Mexico11.3 in
  4. 4Colorado15.8 in
  5. 5Wyoming15.9 in
  6. 6Utah17.3 in
  7. 7Idaho17.4 in
  8. 8California18.4 in
  9. 9North Dakota20.1 in
  10. 10South Dakota23.7 in
  11. 11Montana23.9 in
  12. 12Nebraska28.4 in
  13. 13Michigan30.4 in
  14. 14Minnesota30.4 in
  15. 15Illinois30.8 in
  16. 16Wisconsin32.1 in
  17. 17Texas33.1 in
  18. 18Kansas33.5 in
  19. 19Iowa34.1 in
  20. 20New York37.2 in
  21. 21Maryland37.4 in
  22. 22Missouri37.4 in
  23. 23Indiana38.0 in
  24. 24New Jersey38.7 in
  25. 25Maine39.1 in
  26. 26Ohio39.1 in
  27. 27Delaware39.5 in
  28. 28Pennsylvania39.6 in
  29. 29District of Columbia39.7 in
  30. 30New Hampshire40.2 in
  31. 31Virginia40.8 in
  32. 32Massachusetts42.1 in
  33. 33Vermont42.4 in
  34. 34Connecticut42.5 in
  35. 35North Carolina42.5 in
  36. 36South Carolina42.9 in
  37. 37Florida43.3 in
  38. 38Alaska43.6 in
  39. 39Hawaii43.9 in
  40. 40Oklahoma44.0 in
  41. 41West Virginia44.0 in
  42. 42Rhode Island45.6 in
  43. 43Georgia45.8 in
  44. 44Oregon50.9 in
  45. 45Arkansas52.1 in
  46. 46Alabama52.3 in
  47. 47Mississippi53.1 in
  48. 48Tennessee53.3 in
  49. 49Louisiana54.0 in
  50. 50Washington56.5 in
  51. 51Kentucky57.0 in
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Source: NOAA NCEI nClimGrid-Daily. · How this is built