Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Missouri
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.
Missouri ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atchison County | 34.7" | Very Low | $100,600 |
| 2 | Holt County | 34.7" | Very Low | $122,300 |
| 3 | Andrew County | 34.8" | Very Low | $196,200 |
| 4 | Buchanan County | 34.8" | Relatively Low | $156,600 |
| 5 | Pettis County | 36.2" | Relatively Low | $161,500 |
| 6 | Marion County | 36.4" | Relatively Low | $158,100 |
| 7 | Scotland County | 37.3" | Very Low | $141,100 |
| 8 | Worth County | 37.4" | Very Low | $94,600 |
| 9 | Gentry County | 37.5" | Very Low | $123,000 |
| 10 | Mercer County | 38.0" | Very Low | $95,300 |
| 11 | Cass County | 38.3" | Relatively Low | $269,000 |
| 12 | Jackson County | 38.3" | Relatively High | $213,300 |
| 13 | Nodaway County | 38.4" | Relatively Low | $165,100 |
| 14 | Clinton County | 39.1" | Relatively Low | $204,300 |
| 15 | Harrison County | 39.1" | Very Low | $107,400 |
| 16 | Clark County | 39.2" | Very Low | $117,600 |
| 17 | Knox County | 39.3" | Very Low | $97,200 |
| 18 | Schuyler County | 39.3" | Very Low | $118,200 |
| 19 | Platte County | 39.3" | Relatively Low | $317,600 |
| 20 | Lewis County | 39.5" | Very Low | $118,900 |
| 21 | Cole County | 39.7" | Relatively Low | $214,400 |
| 22 | St. Charles County | 39.8" | Relatively Moderate | $296,800 |
| 23 | DeKalb County | 39.9" | Very Low | $167,500 |
| 24 | Caldwell County | 39.9" | Very Low | $156,700 |
| 25 | Chariton County | 40.0" | Very Low | $118,900 |
| 26 | Grundy County | 40.1" | Very Low | $107,000 |
| 27 | Linn County | 40.1" | Very Low | $117,300 |
| 28 | Sullivan County | 40.1" | Very Low | $103,300 |
| 29 | Carroll County | 40.1" | Very Low | $110,500 |
| 30 | Pike County | 40.6" | Very Low | $129,400 |
| 31 | Daviess County | 40.8" | Very Low | $149,200 |
| 32 | Lafayette County | 40.9" | Relatively Low | $200,300 |
| 33 | Livingston County | 41.2" | Very Low | $138,300 |
| 34 | Ozark County | 41.2" | Very Low | $156,400 |
| 35 | Clay County | 41.2" | Relatively Moderate | $256,400 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 41.3" | Relatively Low | $224,800 |
| 37 | Montgomery County | 41.5" | Very Low | $171,300 |
| 38 | Warren County | 41.5" | Relatively Low | $241,200 |
| 39 | Howard County | 41.5" | Very Low | $145,300 |
| 40 | Ralls County | 41.7" | Very Low | $153,400 |
| 41 | St. Louis County | 41.7" | Relatively High | $260,700 |
| 42 | Saline County | 41.8" | Relatively Low | $139,600 |
| 43 | Macon County | 41.9" | Very Low | $127,000 |
| 44 | Putnam County | 41.9" | Very Low | $111,600 |
| 45 | Ray County | 42.1" | Relatively Low | $187,400 |
| 46 | Monroe County | 42.1" | Very Low | $147,400 |
| 47 | Shelby County | 42.1" | Very Low | $86,200 |
| 48 | Johnson County | 42.1" | Relatively Low | $221,400 |
| 49 | Adair County | 42.5" | Very Low | $159,500 |
| 50 | Camden County | 42.6" | Relatively Moderate | $270,700 |
| 51 | Cooper County | 42.6" | Very Low | $197,100 |
| 52 | Randolph County | 42.7" | Very Low | $141,900 |
| 53 | Ste. Genevieve County | 42.8" | Relatively Low | $215,600 |
| 54 | Miller County | 43.0" | Relatively Low | $169,800 |
| 55 | Moniteau County | 43.1" | Very Low | $168,300 |
| 56 | St. Clair County | 43.2" | Very Low | $142,500 |
| 57 | Henry County | 43.3" | Relatively Low | $153,500 |
| 58 | Audrain County | 43.5" | Relatively Low | $121,600 |
| 59 | Benton County | 43.5" | Relatively Low | $164,700 |
| 60 | Jefferson County | 43.6" | Relatively Moderate | $218,800 |
| 61 | Bates County | 43.6" | Very Low | $154,800 |
| 62 | St. Louis city | 43.9" | Relatively High | $185,100 |
| 63 | Callaway County | 44.3" | Relatively Low | $196,200 |
| 64 | Wright County | 44.3" | Relatively Low | $152,300 |
| 65 | McDonald County | 44.3" | Relatively Low | $134,100 |
| 66 | Osage County | 44.3" | Very Low | $205,700 |
| 67 | Hickory County | 44.4" | Very Low | $123,200 |
| 68 | Greene County | 44.7" | Relatively Moderate | $203,500 |
| 69 | Boone County | 44.8" | Relatively Moderate | $254,100 |
| 70 | Cedar County | 44.9" | Very Low | $162,500 |
| 71 | Maries County | 44.9" | Very Low | $193,100 |
| 72 | Morgan County | 44.9" | Relatively Low | $180,400 |
| 73 | Franklin County | 45.0" | Relatively Moderate | $214,900 |
| 74 | Iron County | 45.2" | Relatively Low | $113,000 |
| 75 | St. Francois County | 45.2" | Relatively Low | $155,100 |
| 76 | Gasconade County | 45.2" | Very Low | $168,900 |
| 77 | Dallas County | 45.3" | Very Low | $151,200 |
| 78 | Christian County | 45.3" | Relatively Low | $249,700 |
| 79 | Lawrence County | 45.5" | Relatively Low | $159,800 |
| 80 | Washington County | 45.5" | Relatively Low | $118,400 |
| 81 | Webster County | 45.6" | Relatively Low | $219,100 |
| 82 | Taney County | 45.7" | Relatively Moderate | $203,800 |
| 83 | Barton County | 45.8" | Relatively Low | $136,000 |
| 84 | Jasper County | 45.8" | Relatively Moderate | $158,500 |
| 85 | Laclede County | 45.9" | Relatively Low | $158,000 |
| 86 | Perry County | 46.2" | Relatively Low | $189,400 |
| 87 | Madison County | 46.3" | Relatively Low | $155,900 |
| 88 | Polk County | 46.4" | Relatively Low | $189,600 |
| 89 | Vernon County | 46.5" | Relatively Low | $136,700 |
| 90 | Douglas County | 46.5" | Very Low | $164,400 |
| 91 | Stone County | 46.6" | Relatively Low | $236,500 |
| 92 | Texas County | 46.8" | Relatively Low | $123,300 |
| 93 | Dent County | 47.0" | Relatively Low | $149,700 |
| 94 | Oregon County | 47.2" | Relatively Low | $117,700 |
| 95 | Dade County | 47.3" | Very Low | $157,200 |
| 96 | Shannon County | 47.3" | Relatively Low | $151,000 |
| 97 | Crawford County | 47.4" | Relatively Low | $166,000 |
| 98 | Phelps County | 47.4" | Relatively Low | $194,900 |
| 99 | Barry County | 47.4" | Relatively Low | $172,900 |
| 100 | Pulaski County | 47.5" | Relatively Low | $189,700 |
| 101 | Scott County | 47.9" | Relatively Low | $143,700 |
| 102 | Carter County | 48.7" | Relatively Low | $147,600 |
| 103 | Reynolds County | 48.7" | Relatively Low | $119,900 |
| 104 | New Madrid County | 49.3" | Relatively Low | $105,500 |
| 105 | Howell County | 49.4" | Relatively Low | $161,000 |
| 106 | Newton County | 50.0" | Relatively Low | $175,300 |
| 107 | Cape Girardeau County | 50.5" | Relatively Moderate | $208,300 |
| 108 | Butler County | 50.8" | Relatively Moderate | $138,800 |
| 109 | Stoddard County | 50.8" | Relatively Low | $135,400 |
| 110 | Wayne County | 50.8" | Relatively Low | $113,100 |
| 111 | Mississippi County | 51.0" | Relatively Low | $100,300 |
| 112 | Ripley County | 51.7" | Relatively Low | $110,800 |
| 113 | Bollinger County | 51.9" | Very Low | $142,400 |
| 114 | Dunklin County | 53.3" | Relatively Low | $93,800 |
| 115 | Pemiscot County | 55.3" | Relatively Low | $95,900 |
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 Missouri