Miami, Florida Is the Wettest of Any Big City in America (2026)

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Miami, Florida is the wettest of the 106 US cities we rank, with 67.4 inches of rain a year (NOAA, 1991-2020). New Orleans, Louisiana is next, with 63.4 inches of rain a year.

By The Honest Local · 106 cities · every value links to its public source

67.4 inMiami, Florida leads on the list, the highest reading of 106 cities

The top five cities inches of rain a year

No. 1Miami, Florida67.4 ininches of rain a year
No. 2New Orleans, Louisiana63.4 ininches of rain a year
No. 3Baton Rouge, Louisiana61.9 ininches of rain a year
No. 4Cape Coral, Florida57.4 ininches of rain a year
No. 5Birmingham, Alabama56.6 ininches of rain a year

Wettest Cities on the map

Driest cities and states by annual rainfall, cities hover for the numbers, click for every one

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Inches of rain and melted snow a year, from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals.

Wettest Cities, all 106

The full ranking inches of rain a year

	Place	inches of rain a year
1	Miami, Floridabig city	67.4 in
2	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	63.4 in
3	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	61.9 in
4	Cape Coral, Florida	57.4 in
5	Birmingham, Alabama	56.6 in
6	Chattanooga, Tennessee	55 in
7	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	54.9 in
8	Huntsville, Alabama	54.3 in
9	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	53.4 in
10	Charleston, South Carolina	52.5 in
11	Knoxville, Tennessee	51.9 in
12	Houston, Texasbig city	51.8 in
13	Orlando, Floridabig city	51.5 in
14	Daytona Beach, Florida	51.3 in
14	Jackson, Mississippi	51.3 in
16	Melbourne, Florida	50.8 in
17	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	50.5 in
18	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	50.4 in
18	Little Rock, Arkansas	50.4 in
20	Greenville, South Carolina	49.7 in
21	New York, New Yorkbig city	49.5 in
21	Tampa, Floridabig city	49.5 in
23	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	49.2 in
24	Sarasota, Florida	49.1 in
25	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	48.3 in
25	Worcester, Massachusetts	48.3 in
27	Portland, Maine	48.1 in
27	Savannah, Georgia	48.1 in
29	Providence, Rhode Island	47.5 in
30	Allentown, Pennsylvania	47.4 in
31	Hartford, Connecticut	47.1 in
32	Fayetteville, Arkansas	47 in
33	Durham, North Carolinabig city	46.1 in
33	Lakeland, Florida	46.1 in
33	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	46.1 in
36	Richmond, Virginia	45.5 in
37	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	45.3 in
38	Columbia, South Carolina	45.2 in
39	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	45 in
40	Augusta, Georgia	44.1 in
40	Bridgeport, Connecticut	44.1 in
40	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	44.1 in
43	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	44 in
44	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	43.6 in
44	Charlotte, North Carolinabig city	43.6 in
44	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	43.6 in
47	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	43.2 in
48	Poughkeepsie, New York	41.9 in
49	New Haven, Connecticut	41.8 in
49	Washington, DCbig city	41.8 in
51	St. Louis, Missouribig city	41.7 in
52	Columbus, Ohiobig city	41.6 in
53	Dayton, Ohio	41.3 in
54	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	41 in
54	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	41 in
54	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	41 in
57	Albany, New York	40.7 in
57	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	40.7 in
59	Asheville, North Carolina	40.6 in
60	Syracuse, New York	39.9 in
61	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	39.6 in
62	Grand Rapids, Michigan	39.4 in
63	Kansas City, Missouribig city	39.3 in
63	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	39.3 in
65	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	37.9 in
66	Vancouver, Washington	37.5 in
67	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	37.1 in
68	Dallas, Texasbig city	37 in
69	Portland, Oregonbig city	36.9 in
70	Des Moines, Iowa	36.6 in
71	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	36.4 in
72	Austin, Texasbig city	36.3 in
73	Rochester, New York	35.1 in
74	Toledo, Ohiobig city	35 in
75	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	34.6 in
76	Detroit, Michiganbig city	34.3 in
76	Wichita, Kansasbig city	34.3 in
78	Akron, Ohio	32.5 in
79	San Antonio, Texasbig city	32.4 in
80	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	31.9 in
81	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	31.6 in
82	San Francisco, Californiabig city	22.9 in
83	McAllen, Texas	22.2 in
84	Sacramento, Californiabig city	19.2 in
85	Spokane, Washington	16.5 in
86	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	16.4 in
86	Ogden, Utah	16.4 in
88	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	15.9 in
89	Provo, Utah	15.5 in
89	Salt Lake City, Utah	15.5 in
91	Denver, Coloradobig city	14.5 in
92	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	14.3 in
93	San Jose, Californiabig city	13.5 in
93	Stockton, Californiabig city	13.5 in
95	Oxnard, California	12.9 in
96	Boise, Idaho	11.5 in
97	Fresno, Californiabig city	11 in
98	Tucson, Arizonabig city	10.6 in
99	San Diego, Californiabig city	9.8 in
100	Riverside, Californiabig city	9.4 in
101	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	8.8 in
101	El Paso, Texasbig city	8.8 in
103	Reno, Nevadabig city	7.4 in
104	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	7.2 in
105	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	6.4 in
106	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	4.2 in

Sources and method

NOAA 1991 to 2020 monthly climate normals · 1991-2020

How we got this. We add up NOAA's twelve monthly precipitation normals, 1991 to 2020, at each city's nearest airport station that reports them. A state is the population-weighted mean of its five largest cities, not NOAA's statewide figure, so it reads where most people live. Cities and states rank on their own lists. It refreshes when NOAA reissues its climate normals.

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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