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Annual precipitation in Houston

1940 – 2025 · 80 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Climate · Houston United States

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1940 – 2025

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Latest value · 2025 42.9 in −8.7 in since 2024
First value · 1940 39.1 in
since 2015 −34.3 in
Annual precipitation, 1940 – 2025 inches · Houston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1954 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1968 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1982 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1997 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2011 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
42.9 in
2025 

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1940 – 2025

Compared with Annual precipitation · inches
Houston
42.9 in
United States 29.3 in

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance

The series at a glance Houston · 1940 – 2025
Latest value 42.9 in · 2025
First value 39.1 in · 1940
Highest 83.0 in · 1979
Lowest 25.4 in · 2011
Data points 80

By year

All years · 1940 – 2025

YearHoustonChange United States
2025 42.9 in −8.7 in 29.3 in
2024 51.6 in +12.2 in 31.6 in
2023 39.4 in +7.0 in 29.5 in
2022 32.4 in −17.1 in 28.5 in
2021 49.5 in −10.8 in 30.4 in
2020 60.3 in +5.1 in 30.4 in
2019 55.1 in +2.6 in 34.8 in
2018 52.5 in −26.7 in 34.6 in
2017 79.2 in +22.3 in 32.3 in
2016 56.8 in −20.3 in 31.4 in
2015 77.1 in +36.0 in 34.6 in
2014 41.2 in −1.9 in 30.8 in
2013 43.1 in −8.8 in 31.0 in
2012 51.9 in +26.5 in 27.5 in
2011 25.4 in −21.6 in 30.1 in
2010 47.0 in −5.6 in 31.4 in
2009 52.7 in −3.7 in 32.3 in
2008 56.4 in −11.7 in 31.2 in
2007 68.1 in +6.0 in 29.2 in
2006 62.1 in +26.4 in 29.8 in
2005 35.7 in −20.4 in 30.1 in
2004 56.2 in +11.0 in 33.2 in
2003 45.2 in −13.7 in 30.5 in
2002 58.9 in −22.8 in 29.0 in
2001 81.7 in +35.9 in 29.0 in
2000 45.8 in +11.1 in 28.2 in
1999 34.7 in −21.9 in 28.5 in
1998 56.6 in −20.2 in 33.8 in
1997 76.8 in +40.0 in 31.8 in
1996 36.8 in −16.7 in 33.7 in
1995 53.5 in −5.1 in 32.7 in
1994 58.7 in −2.4 in 30.6 in
1993 61.1 in −3.4 in 32.6 in
1992 64.5 in −8.9 in 31.2 in
1991 73.4 in +20.0 in 32.4 in
1989 53.3 in +26.7 in 29.0 in
1988 26.7 in −17.5 in 25.9 in
1987 44.1 in −9.7 in 29.0 in
1986 53.8 in +6.3 in 31.4 in
1985 47.5 in −2.2 in 30.0 in
1984 49.7 in −7.3 in 31.4 in
1983 57.0 in +10.6 in 34.7 in
1982 46.4 in −35.7 in 33.8 in
1981 82.2 in +42.4 in 29.9 in
1980 39.7 in −43.3 in 28.2 in
1979 83.0 in +38.5 in 32.7 in
1978 44.5 in +2.7 in 30.1 in
1977 41.8 in −27.9 in 30.4 in
1976 69.7 in +20.6 in 26.3 in
1975 49.1 in −8.9 in 33.0 in
1974 58.0 in −22.8 in 30.6 in
1973 80.7 in +27.0 in 34.9 in
1972 53.7 in +16.8 in 31.7 in
1971 36.9 in −19.4 in 30.3 in
1970 56.3 in +14.0 in 29.7 in
1969 42.3 in −19.2 in 30.6 in
1968 61.5 in +25.0 in 30.4 in
1967 36.5 in −22.7 in 29.6 in
1966 59.2 in +21.1 in 27.4 in
1965 38.0 in −1.1 in 29.8 in
1964 39.2 in +6.9 in 30.2 in
1963 32.3 in −4.9 in 25.7 in
1962 37.2 in −25.8 in 28.6 in
1961 63.0 in +9.3 in 31.2 in
1960 53.7 in −14.5 in 28.7 in
1959 68.3 in +24.3 in 30.6 in
1958 44.0 in −17.2 in 30.2 in
1957 61.1 in +32.8 in 33.8 in
1956 28.4 in −13.5 in 25.4 in
1955 41.9 in +13.1 in 27.7 in
1954 28.8 in −14.6 in 26.2 in
1953 43.4 in −0.3 in 28.3 in
1952 43.7 in +10.4 in 26.3 in
1951 33.3 in −0.6 in 31.2 in
1950 33.9 in −37.3 in 30.9 in
1949 71.2 in +31.7 in 30.3 in
1948 39.6 in −3.7 in 30.7 in
1947 43.2 in −24.5 in 29.4 in
1941 67.7 in +28.6 in 32.8 in
1940 39.1 in 30.4 in

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance, 1940 – 2025

What it means

Rain and snow (as water) that fell during the year.

How it is calculated

Sum of daily precipitation at the nearest weather station; months with a few missing days are scaled up, years with incomplete months are left out.