Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Alabama
The least rainfall in the country. Dry is easier on a building than wet, but it moves the cost somewhere else: irrigation, foundation movement in shrink-swell soils, and in the driest counties the price and reliability of water itself. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.
Alabama ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell County | 48.8" | Relatively Low | $152,300 |
| 2 | Autauga County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $197,900 |
| 3 | Elmore County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $213,600 |
| 4 | Lowndes County | 51.2" | Very Low | $80,600 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 51.8" | Relatively Moderate | $160,100 |
| 6 | Calhoun County | 52.1" | Relatively Moderate | $149,500 |
| 7 | St. Clair County | 52.2" | Relatively Low | $218,500 |
| 8 | Randolph County | 53.0" | Very Low | $184,000 |
| 9 | Dallas County | 53.5" | Relatively Low | $97,400 |
| 10 | Dale County | 53.9" | Relatively Low | $129,100 |
| 11 | Henry County | 53.9" | Very Low | $147,800 |
| 12 | Houston County | 53.9" | Relatively Moderate | $178,000 |
| 13 | Macon County | 54.0" | Very Low | $95,700 |
| 14 | Madison County | 54.3" | Relatively High | $267,800 |
| 15 | Morgan County | 54.3" | Relatively Moderate | $193,000 |
| 16 | Crenshaw County | 54.4" | Very Low | $108,400 |
| 17 | Pike County | 54.6" | Relatively Low | $149,000 |
| 18 | Hale County | 54.9" | Very Low | $126,300 |
| 19 | Jackson County | 55.1" | Relatively Low | $145,800 |
| 20 | Butler County | 55.2" | Relatively Low | $99,700 |
| 21 | Conecuh County | 55.3" | Very Low | $101,300 |
| 22 | Monroe County | 55.3" | Relatively Low | $114,900 |
| 23 | Perry County | 55.4" | Very Low | $87,700 |
| 24 | Barbour County | 55.6" | Relatively Low | $109,900 |
| 25 | Shelby County | 56.2" | Relatively Moderate | $298,700 |
| 26 | Chilton County | 56.4" | Relatively Low | $142,300 |
| 27 | Lee County | 56.5" | Relatively Low | $238,700 |
| 28 | Chambers County | 56.5" | Relatively Low | $129,700 |
| 29 | Tallapoosa County | 56.5" | Relatively Low | $144,800 |
| 30 | Talladega County | 56.5" | Relatively Moderate | $137,900 |
| 31 | Jefferson County | 56.6" | Relatively High | $224,900 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 56.8" | Relatively Moderate | $183,400 |
| 33 | Fayette County | 56.9" | Very Low | $121,200 |
| 34 | Choctaw County | 56.9" | Relatively Low | $111,800 |
| 35 | Marengo County | 56.9" | Relatively Low | $103,400 |
| 36 | Washington County | 56.9" | Relatively Low | $152,800 |
| 37 | Wilcox County | 56.9" | Very Low | $84,200 |
| 38 | Bibb County | 57.0" | Very Low | $132,600 |
| 39 | Cherokee County | 57.1" | Relatively Low | $165,900 |
| 40 | Bullock County | 57.2" | Very Low | $79,400 |
| 41 | Pickens County | 57.3" | Relatively Low | $123,300 |
| 42 | Tuscaloosa County | 57.3" | Relatively Moderate | $233,700 |
| 43 | Blount County | 57.4" | Relatively Low | $169,700 |
| 44 | Cleburne County | 57.4" | Very Low | $144,200 |
| 45 | Colbert County | 57.6" | Relatively Low | $161,600 |
| 46 | Lauderdale County | 57.6" | Relatively Moderate | $185,800 |
| 47 | Etowah County | 57.6" | Relatively Moderate | $160,600 |
| 48 | Coffee County | 57.9" | Relatively Moderate | $180,300 |
| 49 | DeKalb County | 58.0" | Relatively Low | $135,500 |
| 50 | Lamar County | 58.5" | Very Low | $112,700 |
| 51 | Cullman County | 58.7" | Relatively Moderate | $180,500 |
| 52 | Franklin County | 58.7" | Relatively Low | $128,000 |
| 53 | Limestone County | 59.1" | Relatively Low | $255,100 |
| 54 | Covington County | 59.1" | Relatively Moderate | $142,500 |
| 55 | Clay County | 59.7" | Very Low | $144,700 |
| 56 | Greene County | 60.0" | Very Low | $86,400 |
| 57 | Sumter County | 60.0" | Relatively Low | $84,100 |
| 58 | Coosa County | 60.2" | Very Low | $111,800 |
| 59 | Lawrence County | 60.2" | Relatively Low | $150,700 |
| 60 | Winston County | 60.8" | Relatively Low | $110,500 |
| 61 | Clarke County | 61.4" | Relatively Low | $126,400 |
| 62 | Escambia County | 61.5" | Relatively Moderate | $122,700 |
| 63 | Marion County | 61.7" | Relatively Low | $104,300 |
| 64 | Walker County | 61.8" | Relatively Moderate | $131,100 |
| 65 | Geneva County | 62.3" | Relatively Low | $120,200 |
| 66 | Baldwin County | 65.8" | Relatively High | $287,000 |
| 67 | Mobile County | 67.1" | Relatively High | $176,600 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
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Driest Counties across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alabama