Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Georgia
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.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Georgia ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia County | 44.1" | Relatively Low | $287,400 |
| 2 | Glascock County | 44.1" | Very Low | $122,800 |
| 3 | McDuffie County | 44.1" | Very Low | $155,100 |
| 4 | Richmond County | 44.1" | Relatively Moderate | $163,300 |
| 5 | Warren County | 44.1" | Very Low | $78,000 |
| 6 | Wilkes County | 44.2" | Very Low | $105,000 |
| 7 | Atkinson County | 44.8" | Very Low | $76,300 |
| 8 | Bacon County | 44.8" | Very Low | $104,100 |
| 9 | Brantley County | 44.8" | Very Low | $91,800 |
| 10 | Coffee County | 44.8" | Relatively Low | $125,700 |
| 11 | Toombs County | 44.8" | Very Low | $127,100 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 44.8" | Relatively Low | $149,800 |
| 13 | Appling County | 45.7" | Relatively Low | $81,400 |
| 14 | Jenkins County | 45.7" | Very Low | $81,100 |
| 15 | Greene County | 46.1" | Very Low | $342,200 |
| 16 | Taliaferro County | 46.1" | Very Low | $73,100 |
| 17 | Dougherty County | 46.6" | Relatively Moderate | $129,200 |
| 18 | Lee County | 46.6" | Very Low | $226,900 |
| 19 | Terrell County | 46.6" | Very Low | $111,500 |
| 20 | Turner County | 46.6" | Very Low | $95,200 |
| 21 | Worth County | 46.6" | Very Low | $112,400 |
| 22 | Jasper County | 46.7" | Very Low | $219,700 |
| 23 | Wilkinson County | 46.8" | Very Low | $90,800 |
| 24 | Bibb County | 46.9" | Relatively Low | $165,800 |
| 25 | Bleckley County | 46.9" | Very Low | $132,900 |
| 26 | Crawford County | 46.9" | Very Low | $144,800 |
| 27 | Houston County | 46.9" | Relatively Low | $205,600 |
| 28 | Jones County | 46.9" | Very Low | $174,600 |
| 29 | Macon County | 46.9" | Very Low | $87,000 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 46.9" | Very Low | $243,200 |
| 31 | Peach County | 46.9" | Very Low | $186,100 |
| 32 | Taylor County | 46.9" | Very Low | $82,900 |
| 33 | Twiggs County | 46.9" | Very Low | $104,500 |
| 34 | Bulloch County | 47.0" | Relatively Low | $191,600 |
| 35 | Dodge County | 47.0" | Relatively Low | $108,700 |
| 36 | Candler County | 47.2" | Very Low | $135,600 |
| 37 | Laurens County | 47.3" | Relatively Low | $137,400 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 47.3" | Very Low | $163,600 |
| 39 | Telfair County | 47.5" | Very Low | $108,200 |
| 40 | Jefferson County | 47.6" | Very Low | $93,100 |
| 41 | Ben Hill County | 47.6" | Very Low | $114,600 |
| 42 | Irwin County | 47.6" | Very Low | $105,300 |
| 43 | Morgan County | 47.8" | Very Low | $323,100 |
| 44 | Oconee County | 47.8" | Very Low | $425,100 |
| 45 | Putnam County | 47.8" | Relatively Low | $222,000 |
| 46 | Walton County | 47.8" | Relatively Low | $300,500 |
| 47 | Bartow County | 48.1" | Relatively Low | $262,200 |
| 48 | Cherokee County | 48.1" | Relatively Moderate | $389,800 |
| 49 | Haralson County | 48.1" | Very Low | $210,400 |
| 50 | Paulding County | 48.1" | Relatively Low | $289,000 |
| 51 | Bryan County | 48.1" | Relatively Low | $317,100 |
| 52 | Chatham County | 48.1" | Relatively High | $273,300 |
| 53 | Effingham County | 48.1" | Relatively Low | $245,300 |
| 54 | Cobb County | 48.1" | Relatively High | $373,700 |
| 55 | Douglas County | 48.1" | Relatively Low | $262,200 |
| 56 | Fulton County | 48.1" | Relatively High | $431,200 |
| 57 | Baldwin County | 48.2" | Relatively Low | $164,700 |
| 58 | Burke County | 48.2" | Very Low | $107,800 |
| 59 | Hancock County | 48.2" | Very Low | $87,400 |
| 60 | Tift County | 48.2" | Relatively Low | $143,100 |
| 61 | Berrien County | 48.4" | Very Low | $115,200 |
| 62 | Brooks County | 48.4" | Very Low | $118,100 |
| 63 | Cook County | 48.4" | Very Low | $123,000 |
| 64 | Echols County | 48.4" | Very Low | $112,600 |
| 65 | Lanier County | 48.4" | Very Low | $161,100 |
| 66 | Lowndes County | 48.4" | Relatively Low | $197,900 |
| 67 | Screven County | 48.4" | Relatively Low | $122,300 |
| 68 | Pulaski County | 48.5" | Very Low | $144,300 |
| 69 | Washington County | 48.6" | Very Low | $115,600 |
| 70 | Chattahoochee County | 48.8" | Very Low | $99,800 |
| 71 | Harris County | 48.8" | Very Low | $278,700 |
| 72 | Marion County | 48.8" | Very Low | $122,100 |
| 73 | Muscogee County | 48.8" | Relatively Moderate | $182,300 |
| 74 | Clarke County | 49.0" | Relatively Low | $271,900 |
| 75 | Emanuel County | 49.0" | Very Low | $88,200 |
| 76 | Johnson County | 49.0" | Very Low | $91,200 |
| 77 | Treutlen County | 49.0" | Very Low | $98,400 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 49.0" | Very Low | $160,600 |
| 79 | Clinch County | 49.3" | Very Low | $86,300 |
| 80 | Coweta County | 49.3" | Relatively Low | $321,900 |
| 81 | Fayette County | 49.3" | Relatively Low | $405,600 |
| 82 | Meriwether County | 49.3" | Very Low | $154,600 |
| 83 | Pike County | 49.3" | Very Low | $265,700 |
| 84 | Elbert County | 49.4" | Very Low | $114,600 |
| 85 | Decatur County | 49.5" | Relatively Low | $146,200 |
| 86 | Miller County | 49.5" | Very Low | $118,300 |
| 87 | Oglethorpe County | 49.5" | Very Low | $198,700 |
| 88 | Evans County | 49.8" | Very Low | $139,700 |
| 89 | Tattnall County | 49.8" | Relatively Low | $122,400 |
| 90 | McIntosh County | 50.0" | Relatively Low | $173,900 |
| 91 | Colquitt County | 50.0" | Relatively Low | $121,400 |
| 92 | Crisp County | 50.1" | Relatively Low | $120,800 |
| 93 | Dooly County | 50.1" | Very Low | $96,400 |
| 94 | Wilcox County | 50.1" | Very Low | $71,200 |
| 95 | Glynn County | 50.3" | Relatively Moderate | $268,300 |
| 96 | Pierce County | 50.4" | Very Low | $132,100 |
| 97 | Ware County | 50.4" | Relatively Low | $106,500 |
| 98 | Clayton County | 50.4" | Relatively Moderate | $194,500 |
| 99 | Upson County | 50.5" | Very Low | $149,500 |
| 100 | Newton County | 50.5" | Relatively Low | $233,300 |
| 101 | Schley County | 50.7" | Very Low | $152,900 |
| 102 | Webster County | 50.7" | Very Low | $92,200 |
| 103 | Floyd County | 50.7" | Relatively Moderate | $194,100 |
| 104 | Gordon County | 50.7" | Relatively Low | $205,600 |
| 105 | Jeff Davis County | 50.9" | Very Low | $109,300 |
| 106 | Montgomery County | 50.9" | Very Low | $118,200 |
| 107 | Wheeler County | 50.9" | Very Low | $74,600 |
| 108 | Barrow County | 50.9" | Relatively Low | $255,200 |
| 109 | Grady County | 50.9" | Relatively Low | $136,500 |
| 110 | Thomas County | 50.9" | Relatively Low | $185,300 |
| 111 | Liberty County | 51.0" | Relatively Moderate | $180,200 |
| 112 | Long County | 51.0" | Very Low | $196,500 |
| 113 | Butts County | 51.1" | Very Low | $227,800 |
| 114 | Henry County | 51.1" | Relatively Low | $277,400 |
| 115 | Talbot County | 51.1" | Very Low | $127,200 |
| 116 | Madison County | 51.2" | Very Low | $198,800 |
| 117 | DeKalb County | 51.4" | Relatively Moderate | $331,400 |
| 118 | Gwinnett County | 51.4" | Relatively High | $345,700 |
| 119 | Rockdale County | 51.4" | Relatively Low | $256,600 |
| 120 | Mitchell County | 51.6" | Relatively Low | $105,500 |
| 121 | Hart County | 51.8" | Very Low | $206,500 |
| 122 | Banks County | 52.1" | Very Low | $251,700 |
| 123 | Dawson County | 52.4" | Very Low | $351,900 |
| 124 | Hall County | 52.4" | Relatively Moderate | $313,600 |
| 125 | Jackson County | 52.4" | Very Low | $312,700 |
| 126 | Lumpkin County | 52.4" | Relatively Low | $277,200 |
| 127 | Stewart County | 52.8" | Very Low | $53,000 |
| 128 | Polk County | 52.8" | Relatively Low | $163,500 |
| 129 | Baker County | 52.9" | Very Low | $120,100 |
| 130 | Calhoun County | 52.9" | Very Low | $82,200 |
| 131 | Early County | 52.9" | Relatively Low | $130,100 |
| 132 | Heard County | 53.0" | Very Low | $161,000 |
| 133 | Troup County | 53.0" | Relatively Low | $187,800 |
| 134 | Charlton County | 53.2" | Very Low | $119,000 |
| 135 | Sumter County | 53.4" | Relatively Low | $122,300 |
| 136 | Carroll County | 53.5" | Relatively Low | $227,500 |
| 137 | Lamar County | 54.2" | Very Low | $201,400 |
| 138 | Spalding County | 54.2" | Very Low | $196,600 |
| 139 | Camden County | 54.6" | Relatively Low | $233,900 |
| 140 | Catoosa County | 55.0" | Relatively Low | $214,200 |
| 141 | Whitfield County | 55.0" | Relatively Moderate | $198,900 |
| 142 | Clay County | 55.7" | Very Low | $92,500 |
| 143 | Quitman County | 55.7" | Very Low | $103,000 |
| 144 | Randolph County | 55.7" | Very Low | $90,900 |
| 145 | Dade County | 56.2" | Very Low | $166,600 |
| 146 | Forsyth County | 56.4" | Relatively Moderate | $493,800 |
| 147 | Seminole County | 56.9" | Very Low | $111,600 |
| 148 | Walker County | 57.0" | Relatively Low | $173,900 |
| 149 | Murray County | 57.5" | Relatively Low | $173,300 |
| 150 | Chattooga County | 58.3" | Relatively Low | $98,700 |
| 151 | Gilmer County | 58.6" | Relatively Low | $278,900 |
| 152 | Pickens County | 58.6" | Very Low | $289,600 |
| 153 | Stephens County | 59.0" | Very Low | $168,200 |
| 154 | Fannin County | 60.3" | Relatively Low | $274,600 |
| 155 | Towns County | 60.3" | Very Low | $311,900 |
| 156 | Union County | 60.3" | Relatively Low | $272,600 |
| 157 | Habersham County | 61.8" | Very Low | $212,000 |
| 158 | White County | 69.3" | Relatively Low | $262,200 |
| 159 | Rabun County | 71.7" | Relatively Low | $272,600 |
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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