New Orleans, Louisiana Is the Wettest of Any Big City in America (2026)

Name: Driest cities and states by annual rainfall, The Honest Local
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Wettest Cities, read from the other end of our driest cities list. Same readings, same sources, 107 cities, the 100 largest metro areas and every city we cover.

By The Honest Local · 107 cities · every value links to its public source

64.6 inNew Orleans, Louisiana leads with the highest inches of rain a year of 107 big cities

The top five cities inches of rain a year

No. 1New Orleans, Louisiana64.6 ininches of rain a year
No. 2Baton Rouge, Louisiana61.9 ininches of rain a year
No. 3Cape Coral, Florida57.4 ininches of rain a year
No. 4Miami, Florida57.2 ininches of rain a year
No. 5Birmingham, Alabama56.6 ininches of rain a year

Wettest Cities on the map

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Inches of precipitation a year, from NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals; driest first.

Wettest Cities, all 107

The full ranking inches of rain a year

	Place	inches of rain a year
1	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	64.6 in
2	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	61.9 in
3	Cape Coral, Florida	57.4 in
4	Miami, Floridabig city	57.2 in
5	Birmingham, Alabama	56.6 in
6	Houston, Texasbig city	55.6 in
7	Chattanooga, Tennessee	55 in
8	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	54.9 in
9	Huntsville, AL	54.3 in
10	Knoxville, Tennessee	51.9 in
11	Orlando, Floridabig city	51.5 in
12	Jackson, Mississippi	51.3 in
13	Daytona Beach, Florida	51.3 in
14	Melbourne, Florida	50.8 in
15	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	50.5 in
16	Little Rock, Arkansas	50.4 in
17	Tampa, Floridabig city	49.5 in
18	New York, New Yorkbig city	49.5 in
19	Sarasota, Florida	49.1 in
20	Worcester, Massachusetts	48.3 in
21	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	48.1 in
22	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	48.1 in
23	Portland, Maine	48.1 in
24	Savannah, Georgia	48.1 in
25	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	47.6 in
26	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	47.6 in
27	Providence, Rhode Island	47.5 in
28	Allentown, Pennsylvania	47.4 in
29	Fayetteville, Arkansas	47 in
30	Greenville, SC	47 in
31	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	46.6 in
32	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	46.1 in
33	Lakeland, Florida	46.1 in
34	Durham, North Carolinabig city	46.1 in
35	Richmond, Virginia	45.5 in
36	Augusta, Georgia	44.8 in
37	Charleston, South Carolina	44.3 in
38	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	44.1 in
39	Bridgeport, Connecticut	44.1 in
40	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	44 in
41	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	43.7 in
42	Columbia, South Carolina	43.7 in
43	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	43.6 in
44	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	43.6 in
45	Charlotte, NCbig city	43.6 in
46	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	43.4 in
47	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	43.2 in
48	Hartford, Connecticut	42.8 in
49	Poughkeepsie, New York	41.9 in
50	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	41.8 in
51	New Haven, Connecticut	41.8 in
52	Columbus, Ohiobig city	41.6 in
53	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	41.3 in
54	Dayton, Ohio	41.3 in
55	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	41 in
56	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	41 in
57	St. Louis, Missouribig city	40.8 in
58	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	40.7 in
59	Albany, New York	40.7 in
60	Asheville, North Carolina	40.6 in
61	Syracuse, New York	39.9 in
62	Grand Rapids, Michigan	39.4 in
63	Dallas, Texasbig city	38.3 in
64	Kansas City, Missouribig city	38.1 in
65	Vancouver, Washington	37.5 in
66	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	37.1 in
67	Portland, Oregonbig city	36.9 in
68	Des Moines, Iowa	36.6 in
69	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	36.5 in
70	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	36.4 in
71	Austin, Texasbig city	36.3 in
72	Rochester, New York	35.1 in
73	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	34.6 in
74	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	34.4 in
75	Wichita, Kansasbig city	34.3 in
76	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	33.3 in
77	Akron, Ohio	32.5 in
78	Toledo, Ohiobig city	32.4 in
79	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	31.9 in
80	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	31.6 in
81	Detroit, Michiganbig city	29.9 in
82	San Antonio, Texasbig city	29.7 in
83	San Francisco, Californiabig city	22.9 in
84	McAllen, Texas	22.2 in
85	Sacramento, Californiabig city	19.2 in
86	Spokane, Washington	17.4 in
87	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	16.4 in
88	Ogden, Utah	16.4 in
89	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	15.9 in
90	Salt Lake City, Utah	15.5 in
91	Provo, Utah	15.5 in
92	Denver, Coloradobig city	15.4 in
93	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	14.3 in
94	San Jose, Californiabig city	13.5 in
95	Stockton, Californiabig city	13.5 in
96	Oxnard, California	12.9 in
97	Boise, Idaho	11.5 in
98	Fresno, Californiabig city	11 in
99	Tucson, Arizonabig city	10.6 in
100	San Diego, Californiabig city	9.8 in
101	Riverside, Californiabig city	9.4 in
102	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	8.8 in
103	El Paso, Texasbig city	8.8 in
104	Reno, Nevadabig city	7.4 in
105	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	7.2 in
106	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	6.4 in
107	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	4 in

Sources and method

NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 climate normals, MLY-PRCP-NORMAL (via tape_readings) · 1991-2020

How we got this. Annual rainfall comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/rain.ts reads from NOAA NCEI's 1991-2020 monthly climate normals (monthly precipitation summed to a year) at the nearest airport-network station that carries the field. A state is the population-weighted mean of its five largest cities' readings. Cities and states each rank on their own list, driest first. It refreshes static normals; re-run any time.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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