Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Florida
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.
Florida ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | 43.8" | Relatively Moderate | $287,900 |
| 2 | Sumter County | 43.8" | Relatively Moderate | $356,000 |
| 3 | Polk County | 46.1" | Relatively High | $240,000 |
| 4 | Clay County | 47.6" | Relatively Moderate | $281,500 |
| 5 | Duval County | 47.6" | Relatively High | $274,900 |
| 6 | Alachua County | 48.3" | Relatively Moderate | $266,800 |
| 7 | Union County | 48.3" | Very Low | $160,400 |
| 8 | Manatee County | 49.0" | Relatively High | $359,800 |
| 9 | Hillsborough County | 49.5" | Relatively High | $333,300 |
| 10 | Seminole County | 49.6" | Relatively Moderate | $357,300 |
| 11 | St. Johns County | 50.6" | Relatively Moderate | $457,600 |
| 12 | Brevard County | 50.8" | Relatively High | $304,400 |
| 13 | Calhoun County | 51.1" | Relatively Low | $134,000 |
| 14 | Jackson County | 51.1" | Relatively Low | $113,900 |
| 15 | Washington County | 51.1" | Relatively Low | $156,000 |
| 16 | Indian River County | 51.2" | Relatively High | $314,700 |
| 17 | Okeechobee County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $179,000 |
| 18 | St. Lucie County | 51.2" | Relatively High | $305,800 |
| 19 | Volusia County | 51.3" | Relatively High | $278,000 |
| 20 | Taylor County | 51.4" | Relatively Low | $100,200 |
| 21 | Putnam County | 51.4" | Relatively Low | $147,300 |
| 22 | Flagler County | 51.4" | Relatively Moderate | $333,400 |
| 23 | Osceola County | 51.5" | Relatively Moderate | $317,600 |
| 24 | Orange County | 51.5" | Relatively High | $358,300 |
| 25 | Dixie County | 51.5" | Very Low | $96,900 |
| 26 | Marion County | 51.6" | Relatively High | $220,800 |
| 27 | Suwannee County | 51.9" | Relatively Low | $160,900 |
| 28 | Citrus County | 51.9" | Relatively High | $223,200 |
| 29 | Hernando County | 51.9" | Relatively Moderate | $240,700 |
| 30 | Pasco County | 51.9" | Relatively High | $265,800 |
| 31 | Hardee County | 52.0" | Relatively Low | $129,400 |
| 32 | Glades County | 52.3" | Relatively Low | $114,800 |
| 33 | Highlands County | 52.3" | Relatively Moderate | $177,900 |
| 34 | Hamilton County | 52.6" | Relatively Low | $110,400 |
| 35 | Madison County | 52.8" | Relatively Low | $105,900 |
| 36 | Charlotte County | 53.0" | Relatively High | $291,000 |
| 37 | Bay County | 53.1" | Relatively Moderate | $276,900 |
| 38 | Franklin County | 53.1" | Relatively Low | $254,300 |
| 39 | Gulf County | 53.1" | Relatively Low | $235,700 |
| 40 | Baker County | 53.2" | Very Low | $225,000 |
| 41 | Bradford County | 53.4" | Very Low | $180,300 |
| 42 | Nassau County | 53.4" | Relatively Low | $351,100 |
| 43 | Pinellas County | 53.6" | Relatively High | $319,000 |
| 44 | Hendry County | 53.8" | Relatively Low | $189,700 |
| 45 | DeSoto County | 53.9" | Relatively Moderate | $151,500 |
| 46 | Columbia County | 54.0" | Relatively Low | $186,400 |
| 47 | Gilchrist County | 54.4" | Very Low | $191,000 |
| 48 | Collier County | 55.3" | Relatively High | $486,800 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 55.3" | Relatively Moderate | $723,800 |
| 50 | Walton County | 55.4" | Relatively Moderate | $376,400 |
| 51 | Lafayette County | 55.6" | Very Low | $131,600 |
| 52 | Miami-Dade County | 56.1" | Very High | $425,400 |
| 53 | Broward County | 56.5" | Relatively High | $380,400 |
| 54 | Levy County | 57.1" | Relatively Low | $171,400 |
| 55 | Lee County | 57.4" | Relatively High | $326,300 |
| 56 | Jefferson County | 58.5" | Very Low | $198,800 |
| 57 | Leon County | 58.8" | Relatively Moderate | $279,800 |
| 58 | Liberty County | 58.8" | Very Low | $117,600 |
| 59 | Wakulla County | 58.8" | Relatively Low | $216,300 |
| 60 | Gadsden County | 59.8" | Relatively Low | $154,700 |
| 61 | Sarasota County | 61.1" | Relatively High | $373,100 |
| 62 | Palm Beach County | 61.8" | Relatively High | $407,300 |
| 63 | Holmes County | 62.3" | Relatively Low | $101,400 |
| 64 | Okaloosa County | 63.6" | Relatively Moderate | $324,800 |
| 65 | Martin County | 64.2" | Relatively Moderate | $386,500 |
| 66 | Santa Rosa County | 66.4" | Relatively Moderate | $302,100 |
| 67 | Escambia County | 68.3" | Relatively High | $234,200 |
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 Florida