Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Arkansas
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.
Arkansas ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baxter County | 41.2" | Relatively Low | $165,400 |
| 2 | Marion County | 41.2" | Relatively Low | $158,400 |
| 3 | Howard County | 44.4" | Relatively Low | $135,400 |
| 4 | Sevier County | 44.4" | Relatively Low | $111,700 |
| 5 | Boone County | 44.5" | Relatively Low | $169,300 |
| 6 | Carroll County | 44.5" | Relatively Low | $186,300 |
| 7 | Benton County | 45.4" | Relatively Moderate | $285,100 |
| 8 | Madison County | 45.6" | Relatively Low | $157,800 |
| 9 | Pope County | 46.4" | Relatively Low | $161,700 |
| 10 | Yell County | 46.4" | Relatively Low | $131,300 |
| 11 | Washington County | 47.0" | Relatively Moderate | $266,000 |
| 12 | Sebastian County | 47.3" | Relatively Moderate | $166,000 |
| 13 | Searcy County | 47.5" | Very Low | $108,100 |
| 14 | Lawrence County | 47.5" | Relatively Low | $91,100 |
| 15 | Craighead County | 48.5" | Relatively Moderate | $198,700 |
| 16 | Miller County | 48.9" | Relatively Low | $148,200 |
| 17 | Izard County | 48.9" | Relatively Low | $122,100 |
| 18 | Logan County | 49.3" | Relatively Low | $126,900 |
| 19 | Clay County | 49.5" | Relatively Low | $88,100 |
| 20 | Fulton County | 49.5" | Relatively Low | $107,200 |
| 21 | Prairie County | 50.0" | Very Low | $87,500 |
| 22 | Woodruff County | 50.0" | Very Low | $96,800 |
| 23 | Crittenden County | 50.4" | Relatively Moderate | $155,100 |
| 24 | St. Francis County | 50.4" | Relatively Low | $87,700 |
| 25 | Lonoke County | 50.4" | Relatively Low | $184,100 |
| 26 | Pulaski County | 50.4" | Relatively High | $199,600 |
| 27 | Faulkner County | 50.5" | Relatively Moderate | $211,300 |
| 28 | Cross County | 50.6" | Relatively Low | $104,000 |
| 29 | Arkansas County | 50.6" | Relatively Low | $129,400 |
| 30 | Cleveland County | 50.8" | Very Low | $123,400 |
| 31 | Jefferson County | 50.8" | Relatively Moderate | $106,000 |
| 32 | Independence County | 50.8" | Relatively Low | $120,500 |
| 33 | Poinsett County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $101,200 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $87,300 |
| 35 | Conway County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $137,000 |
| 36 | Sharp County | 51.4" | Relatively Low | $94,600 |
| 37 | Randolph County | 51.5" | Relatively Low | $118,100 |
| 38 | Greene County | 51.7" | Relatively Low | $162,200 |
| 39 | White County | 51.8" | Relatively Moderate | $159,600 |
| 40 | Phillips County | 51.9" | Relatively Low | $76,200 |
| 41 | Stone County | 51.9" | Relatively Low | $149,400 |
| 42 | Lee County | 52.1" | Very Low | $77,900 |
| 43 | Calhoun County | 52.1" | Very Low | $97,300 |
| 44 | Union County | 52.1" | Relatively Low | $114,700 |
| 45 | Mississippi County | 52.2" | Relatively Moderate | $115,800 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 52.2" | Relatively Low | $118,800 |
| 47 | Johnson County | 52.8" | Relatively Low | $124,800 |
| 48 | Clark County | 52.9" | Very Low | $147,100 |
| 49 | Hot Spring County | 52.9" | Relatively Low | $127,900 |
| 50 | Lafayette County | 53.0" | Very Low | $74,600 |
| 51 | Drew County | 53.0" | Very Low | $127,800 |
| 52 | Ouachita County | 53.1" | Relatively Low | $99,600 |
| 53 | Scott County | 53.2" | Very Low | $110,900 |
| 54 | Little River County | 53.2" | Relatively Low | $113,400 |
| 55 | Cleburne County | 53.4" | Relatively Low | $174,600 |
| 56 | Saline County | 53.4" | Relatively Low | $211,700 |
| 57 | Crawford County | 53.4" | Relatively Low | $170,000 |
| 58 | Desha County | 54.6" | Very Low | $89,100 |
| 59 | Monroe County | 55.1" | Very Low | $82,200 |
| 60 | Grant County | 55.2" | Very Low | $154,500 |
| 61 | Hempstead County | 55.7" | Relatively Low | $100,200 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 55.8" | Very Low | $136,000 |
| 63 | Dallas County | 56.2" | Very Low | $98,200 |
| 64 | Newton County | 56.3" | Very Low | $178,800 |
| 65 | Columbia County | 56.3" | Very Low | $141,700 |
| 66 | Lincoln County | 56.5" | Very Low | $106,100 |
| 67 | Nevada County | 56.6" | Very Low | $85,700 |
| 68 | Ashley County | 56.7" | Relatively Low | $88,800 |
| 69 | Van Buren County | 57.2" | Relatively Low | $122,300 |
| 70 | Garland County | 57.9" | Relatively Moderate | $176,400 |
| 71 | Pike County | 58.4" | Very Low | $115,400 |
| 72 | Perry County | 58.4" | Very Low | $129,300 |
| 73 | Bradley County | 59.1" | Very Low | $97,000 |
| 74 | Chicot County | 60.4" | Relatively Low | $90,500 |
| 75 | Polk County | 61.4" | Relatively Low | $122,600 |
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.
Nationwide
Driest Counties across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Arkansas