Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Indiana
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.
Indiana ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | 33.4" | Relatively High | $214,700 |
| 2 | Noble County | 34.6" | Relatively Low | $183,400 |
| 3 | Tippecanoe County | 37.0" | Relatively Moderate | $217,600 |
| 4 | LaGrange County | 38.5" | Relatively Low | $249,500 |
| 5 | Steuben County | 38.8" | Very Low | $204,300 |
| 6 | Carroll County | 39.0" | Very Low | $167,700 |
| 7 | Whitley County | 39.1" | Very Low | $205,200 |
| 8 | St. Joseph County | 39.2" | Relatively Moderate | $179,800 |
| 9 | Allen County | 39.5" | Relatively Moderate | $194,300 |
| 10 | DeKalb County | 39.5" | Very Low | $177,900 |
| 11 | Pulaski County | 39.8" | Very Low | $134,600 |
| 12 | Elkhart County | 39.9" | Relatively Moderate | $194,400 |
| 13 | Jay County | 39.9" | Very Low | $110,100 |
| 14 | Wells County | 40.0" | Very Low | $180,000 |
| 15 | Randolph County | 40.1" | Very Low | $106,000 |
| 16 | Fountain County | 40.1" | Very Low | $133,200 |
| 17 | Warren County | 40.1" | Very Low | $160,000 |
| 18 | Jasper County | 40.1" | Very Low | $204,400 |
| 19 | Newton County | 40.1" | Very Low | $159,300 |
| 20 | Benton County | 40.2" | Very Low | $135,400 |
| 21 | Delaware County | 40.3" | Relatively Low | $127,600 |
| 22 | Marshall County | 40.3" | Very Low | $184,500 |
| 23 | Porter County | 40.3" | Relatively Moderate | $261,900 |
| 24 | Miami County | 40.3" | Relatively Low | $118,000 |
| 25 | Wabash County | 40.3" | Very Low | $143,600 |
| 26 | Kosciusko County | 40.5" | Relatively Low | $200,300 |
| 27 | Huntington County | 40.6" | Very Low | $146,400 |
| 28 | Hendricks County | 40.7" | Relatively Low | $281,500 |
| 29 | Marion County | 40.7" | Relatively High | $207,000 |
| 30 | Fulton County | 40.8" | Very Low | $144,700 |
| 31 | Vigo County | 40.8" | Relatively Moderate | $140,400 |
| 32 | White County | 41.0" | Very Low | $163,000 |
| 33 | Boone County | 41.3" | Relatively Low | $341,800 |
| 34 | Cass County | 41.3" | Relatively Low | $118,700 |
| 35 | Union County | 41.4" | Very Low | $162,200 |
| 36 | Blackford County | 41.7" | Very Low | $96,700 |
| 37 | Grant County | 41.8" | Relatively Low | $116,000 |
| 38 | Clay County | 41.8" | Very Low | $128,900 |
| 39 | Adams County | 41.9" | Relatively Low | $173,100 |
| 40 | Starke County | 42.2" | Very Low | $148,400 |
| 41 | Tipton County | 42.4" | Very Low | $166,000 |
| 42 | LaPorte County | 42.5" | Relatively Low | $180,700 |
| 43 | Wayne County | 42.9" | Relatively Low | $126,100 |
| 44 | Clinton County | 43.3" | Very Low | $157,300 |
| 45 | Madison County | 43.8" | Relatively Low | $147,700 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 43.8" | Very Low | $236,700 |
| 47 | Shelby County | 44.0" | Relatively Low | $188,300 |
| 48 | Montgomery County | 44.2" | Very Low | $166,300 |
| 49 | Henry County | 44.4" | Relatively Low | $140,200 |
| 50 | Hamilton County | 44.4" | Relatively Moderate | $379,100 |
| 51 | Howard County | 44.4" | Relatively Low | $151,500 |
| 52 | Dearborn County | 45.3" | Relatively Low | $227,100 |
| 53 | Ohio County | 45.3" | Very Low | $193,500 |
| 54 | Ripley County | 45.3" | Relatively Low | $205,300 |
| 55 | Johnson County | 45.4" | Relatively Low | $260,400 |
| 56 | Morgan County | 45.5" | Relatively Low | $220,100 |
| 57 | Fayette County | 45.6" | Very Low | $114,800 |
| 58 | Rush County | 45.6" | Very Low | $155,900 |
| 59 | Putnam County | 46.1" | Relatively Low | $205,800 |
| 60 | Posey County | 46.6" | Relatively Low | $218,000 |
| 61 | Knox County | 46.8" | Relatively Low | $123,500 |
| 62 | Brown County | 46.9" | Very Low | $242,500 |
| 63 | Greene County | 46.9" | Very Low | $129,900 |
| 64 | Washington County | 46.9" | Very Low | $162,400 |
| 65 | Decatur County | 47.0" | Very Low | $189,900 |
| 66 | Sullivan County | 47.2" | Very Low | $122,200 |
| 67 | Bartholomew County | 47.3" | Relatively Low | $221,100 |
| 68 | Parke County | 47.4" | Very Low | $139,300 |
| 69 | Vermillion County | 47.4" | Very Low | $109,500 |
| 70 | Hancock County | 47.8" | Relatively Low | $258,100 |
| 71 | Switzerland County | 47.8" | Very Low | $183,200 |
| 72 | Pike County | 47.9" | Very Low | $128,400 |
| 73 | Vanderburgh County | 47.9" | Relatively Moderate | $172,300 |
| 74 | Daviess County | 48.0" | Relatively Low | $187,500 |
| 75 | Clark County | 48.1" | Relatively Moderate | $212,400 |
| 76 | Scott County | 48.1" | Very Low | $145,400 |
| 77 | Floyd County | 48.3" | Relatively Low | $235,100 |
| 78 | Harrison County | 48.3" | Relatively Low | $219,200 |
| 79 | Lawrence County | 48.6" | Relatively Low | $164,500 |
| 80 | Martin County | 48.6" | Very Low | $150,400 |
| 81 | Jennings County | 49.3" | Very Low | $154,600 |
| 82 | Monroe County | 49.4" | Relatively Low | $261,700 |
| 83 | Orange County | 49.5" | Very Low | $143,900 |
| 84 | Jackson County | 49.6" | Relatively Low | $174,500 |
| 85 | Dubois County | 49.6" | Relatively Low | $212,500 |
| 86 | Perry County | 49.6" | Very Low | $146,000 |
| 87 | Owen County | 49.7" | Very Low | $162,400 |
| 88 | Gibson County | 49.8" | Relatively Low | $170,500 |
| 89 | Crawford County | 51.0" | Very Low | $115,400 |
| 90 | Jefferson County | 51.0" | Relatively Low | $180,600 |
| 91 | Warrick County | 51.2" | Relatively Low | $228,900 |
| 92 | Spencer County | 51.3" | Very Low | $180,200 |
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 Indiana