Rainiest Cities in North Carolina

Average annual precipitation, ranked
1991–2020 NOAA normals · 10 cities

Wilmington is the rainiest city in North Carolina, with 60.1 in of precipitation in an average year. Every North Carolina city with a reporting NOAA station, ranked.

#CityAverage annual precipitation
1Wilmington60.1 inwettest September
2Raleigh49.4 inwettest September
3West Raleigh49.4 inwettest September
4Cary49.4 inwettest September
5High Point48.3 inwettest August
6Fayetteville47.9 inwettest July
7Durham46.1 inwettest September
8Greensboro45.9 inwettest July
9Charlotte43.6 inwettest August
10Winston-Salem43.2 inwettest August

Thirty-year normals and records from each city's NOAA GHCN-Daily station, computed 2026-08-30. Cities with a population of 100,000 or more and a reporting station. Each city name opens its climate page.

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Normals and records: NOAA GHCN-Daily stations. Sunshine from ERA5 reanalysis. City locations: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).