Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Ohio
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.
Ohio ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas County | 32.4" | Relatively Moderate | $155,200 |
| 2 | Summit County | 32.5" | Relatively Moderate | $195,700 |
| 3 | Defiance County | 33.0" | Very Low | $150,900 |
| 4 | Cuyahoga County | 33.3" | Relatively High | $183,200 |
| 5 | Hancock County | 33.8" | Relatively Low | $196,500 |
| 6 | Erie County | 34.0" | Relatively Low | $183,900 |
| 7 | Ottawa County | 34.0" | Relatively Low | $200,700 |
| 8 | Fulton County | 35.0" | Very Low | $176,000 |
| 9 | Wood County | 35.2" | Relatively Low | $214,400 |
| 10 | Delaware County | 35.8" | Relatively Low | $419,500 |
| 11 | Allen County | 35.8" | Relatively Low | $158,400 |
| 12 | Auglaize County | 35.8" | Very Low | $182,000 |
| 13 | Lorain County | 36.7" | Relatively Moderate | $207,200 |
| 14 | Wayne County | 36.9" | Relatively Low | $204,600 |
| 15 | Paulding County | 37.0" | Very Low | $126,800 |
| 16 | Ashtabula County | 37.1" | Relatively Low | $149,600 |
| 17 | Henry County | 37.3" | Very Low | $166,000 |
| 18 | Belmont County | 37.5" | Relatively Low | $143,000 |
| 19 | Morrow County | 37.5" | Very Low | $200,800 |
| 20 | Hardin County | 37.6" | Very Low | $134,800 |
| 21 | Williams County | 37.9" | Relatively Low | $140,000 |
| 22 | Sandusky County | 38.2" | Relatively Low | $152,500 |
| 23 | Crawford County | 38.5" | Very Low | $123,600 |
| 24 | Muskingum County | 38.6" | Relatively Low | $170,100 |
| 25 | Noble County | 38.6" | Very Low | $149,300 |
| 26 | Carroll County | 38.7" | Very Low | $174,500 |
| 27 | Putnam County | 38.7" | Very Low | $191,600 |
| 28 | Tuscarawas County | 38.7" | Relatively Low | $176,800 |
| 29 | Seneca County | 38.7" | Relatively Low | $136,200 |
| 30 | Knox County | 38.8" | Relatively Low | $218,300 |
| 31 | Licking County | 38.8" | Relatively Low | $250,700 |
| 32 | Marion County | 39.4" | Relatively Low | $146,200 |
| 33 | Mercer County | 39.8" | Very Low | $208,600 |
| 34 | Huron County | 40.1" | Relatively Low | $158,900 |
| 35 | Wyandot County | 40.2" | Very Low | $159,500 |
| 36 | Clark County | 40.3" | Relatively Low | $155,900 |
| 37 | Darke County | 40.3" | Relatively Low | $169,100 |
| 38 | Fairfield County | 40.3" | Relatively Low | $272,200 |
| 39 | Van Wert County | 40.4" | Very Low | $137,300 |
| 40 | Lake County | 40.5" | Relatively Low | $199,900 |
| 41 | Union County | 40.5" | Very Low | $306,600 |
| 42 | Medina County | 40.5" | Relatively Low | $268,000 |
| 43 | Holmes County | 40.7" | Relatively Low | $251,800 |
| 44 | Fayette County | 40.8" | Very Low | $162,200 |
| 45 | Pickaway County | 40.9" | Relatively Low | $235,700 |
| 46 | Warren County | 41.0" | Relatively Low | $319,700 |
| 47 | Columbiana County | 41.2" | Relatively Low | $139,100 |
| 48 | Mahoning County | 41.2" | Relatively Moderate | $141,100 |
| 49 | Guernsey County | 41.3" | Very Low | $154,100 |
| 50 | Miami County | 41.3" | Relatively Low | $209,200 |
| 51 | Butler County | 41.4" | Relatively Moderate | $243,000 |
| 52 | Athens County | 41.6" | Relatively Low | $173,800 |
| 53 | Franklin County | 41.6" | Relatively High | $265,700 |
| 54 | Stark County | 41.6" | Relatively Moderate | $177,700 |
| 55 | Montgomery County | 41.6" | Relatively Moderate | $167,400 |
| 56 | Shelby County | 41.6" | Relatively Low | $190,300 |
| 57 | Madison County | 42.3" | Very Low | $231,400 |
| 58 | Clinton County | 42.4" | Very Low | $192,800 |
| 59 | Ashland County | 42.5" | Relatively Low | $175,900 |
| 60 | Richland County | 42.5" | Relatively Low | $154,000 |
| 61 | Washington County | 42.5" | Relatively Low | $174,100 |
| 62 | Harrison County | 42.6" | Very Low | $118,000 |
| 63 | Logan County | 42.6" | Relatively Low | $186,200 |
| 64 | Trumbull County | 42.7" | Relatively Moderate | $128,100 |
| 65 | Portage County | 43.1" | Relatively Low | $210,500 |
| 66 | Preble County | 43.1" | Relatively Low | $171,100 |
| 67 | Meigs County | 43.1" | Relatively Low | $113,400 |
| 68 | Vinton County | 43.1" | Very Low | $131,700 |
| 69 | Jefferson County | 43.2" | Relatively Low | $120,600 |
| 70 | Hocking County | 43.2" | Relatively Low | $172,300 |
| 71 | Greene County | 43.3" | Relatively Low | $238,000 |
| 72 | Clermont County | 43.4" | Relatively Low | $245,600 |
| 73 | Hamilton County | 43.4" | Relatively High | $225,700 |
| 74 | Coshocton County | 43.6" | Relatively Low | $142,300 |
| 75 | Pike County | 43.6" | Relatively Low | $148,500 |
| 76 | Ross County | 43.6" | Relatively Low | $158,500 |
| 77 | Champaign County | 44.0" | Very Low | $186,300 |
| 78 | Perry County | 44.4" | Very Low | $178,300 |
| 79 | Gallia County | 44.5" | Relatively Low | $135,000 |
| 80 | Morgan County | 45.0" | Very Low | $134,200 |
| 81 | Monroe County | 45.0" | Very Low | $132,000 |
| 82 | Jackson County | 45.1" | Very Low | $140,400 |
| 83 | Scioto County | 45.1" | Relatively Low | $132,300 |
| 84 | Lawrence County | 45.7" | Relatively Low | $135,600 |
| 85 | Highland County | 46.7" | Relatively Low | $157,000 |
| 86 | Adams County | 47.9" | Relatively Low | $157,500 |
| 87 | Brown County | 47.9" | Relatively Low | $181,100 |
| 88 | Geauga County | 50.7" | Relatively Low | $305,100 |
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 Ohio