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