Rainiest Cities in the US

Hialeah, FL is the rainiest large city in the United States, with 72.9 in of precipitation in an average year. The ranking covers 50 cities with a reporting NOAA station.

Average annual precipitation, ranked

50 cities
#CityStateAverage annual precipitation
1HialeahFL72.9 inwettest September
2DavieFL68.8 inwettest September
3Miami GardensFL68.3 inwettest September
4BeaumontTX65.1 inwettest September
5HollywoodFL65.0 inwettest June
6New OrleansLA64.6 inwettest July
7Metairie TerraceLA64.6 inwettest July
8MetairieLA64.6 inwettest July
9Fort LauderdaleFL64.3 inwettest September
10LafayetteLA62.8 inwettest June
11Pembroke PinesFL62.0 inwettest June
12MiramarFL62.0 inwettest June
13Baton RougeLA61.9 inwettest June
14West Palm BeachFL61.7 inwettest August
15MobileAL60.5 inwettest August
16WilmingtonNC60.1 inwettest September
17TallahasseeFL58.8 inwettest June
18ChattanoogaTN58.6 inwettest February
19Cape CoralFL57.4 inwettest August
20TuscaloosaAL57.3 inwettest February
21MiamiFL57.2 inwettest September
22LakelandFL56.8 inwettest August
23BirminghamAL56.6 inwettest March
24Coral SpringsFL56.5 inwettest September
25BrandonFL56.1 inwettest June
26MurfreesboroTN55.9 inwettest June
27KnoxvilleTN55.8 inwettest December
28HoustonTX55.6 inwettest June
29PasadenaTX55.6 inwettest June
30Pompano BeachFL55.6 inwettest June
31East ChattanoogaTN55.0 inwettest March
32MemphisTN54.9 inwettest April
33New South MemphisTN54.9 inwettest April
34HuntsvilleAL54.3 inwettest December
35ClearwaterFL53.6 inwettest July
36ClarksvilleTN53.5 inwettest May
37NorfolkVA53.3 inwettest August
38ChesapeakeVA53.3 inwettest August
39PearlandTX53.3 inwettest October
40NashvilleTN53.2 inwettest March
41North CharlestonSC52.5 inwettest August
42StamfordCT51.6 inwettest September
43North StamfordCT51.6 inwettest September
44OrlandoFL51.5 inwettest June
45Sandy SpringsGA51.4 inwettest July
46JacksonMS51.3 inwettest April
47MontgomeryAL51.2 inwettest March
48CypressTX50.8 inwettest October
49Palm BayFL50.8 inwettest September
50PhiladelphiaPA50.7 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).