Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Oklahoma
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.
Oklahoma ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas County | 17.8" | Relatively Low | $155,600 |
| 2 | Cimarron County | 18.3" | Relatively Low | $94,500 |
| 3 | Beaver County | 21.1" | Very Low | $117,900 |
| 4 | Ellis County | 21.4" | Very Low | $122,500 |
| 5 | Woodward County | 21.4" | Very Low | $178,000 |
| 6 | Harper County | 22.1" | Relatively Low | $99,300 |
| 7 | Harmon County | 23.7" | Very Low | $75,700 |
| 8 | Beckham County | 23.9" | Relatively Low | $153,400 |
| 9 | Washita County | 23.9" | Very Low | $113,300 |
| 10 | Greer County | 26.4" | Very Low | $103,600 |
| 11 | Roger Mills County | 26.8" | Very Low | $152,600 |
| 12 | Woods County | 27.8" | Very Low | $141,900 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 27.9" | Very Low | $77,500 |
| 14 | Tillman County | 27.9" | Very Low | $71,900 |
| 15 | Caddo County | 28.0" | Relatively Low | $109,900 |
| 16 | Kiowa County | 28.0" | Very Low | $90,300 |
| 17 | Jackson County | 28.0" | Relatively Moderate | $145,000 |
| 18 | Dewey County | 28.8" | Very Low | $118,200 |
| 19 | Logan County | 30.5" | Relatively Low | $234,300 |
| 20 | Oklahoma County | 30.5" | Relatively High | $207,800 |
| 21 | Pottawatomie County | 30.5" | Relatively Moderate | $155,700 |
| 22 | Custer County | 31.0" | Relatively Low | $177,000 |
| 23 | Major County | 31.1" | Very Low | $134,700 |
| 24 | Blaine County | 31.8" | Very Low | $126,200 |
| 25 | Alfalfa County | 33.1" | Very Low | $103,000 |
| 26 | Grant County | 33.1" | Very Low | $79,500 |
| 27 | Pawnee County | 33.2" | Relatively Low | $125,700 |
| 28 | Garfield County | 33.3" | Relatively Moderate | $149,800 |
| 29 | Cotton County | 33.3" | Very Low | $113,200 |
| 30 | Kay County | 33.6" | Relatively Low | $116,800 |
| 31 | Comanche County | 34.2" | Relatively Moderate | $154,300 |
| 32 | Canadian County | 34.5" | Relatively Moderate | $230,300 |
| 33 | Payne County | 36.0" | Relatively Moderate | $217,700 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 36.0" | Relatively Low | $152,000 |
| 35 | Noble County | 36.5" | Relatively Low | $142,600 |
| 36 | Kingfisher County | 36.5" | Relatively Low | $206,400 |
| 37 | Stephens County | 37.1" | Relatively Low | $135,100 |
| 38 | Cleveland County | 37.6" | Relatively Moderate | $222,800 |
| 39 | Grady County | 37.6" | Relatively Low | $187,900 |
| 40 | McClain County | 37.6" | Relatively Low | $233,900 |
| 41 | Garvin County | 38.4" | Relatively Low | $132,600 |
| 42 | Washington County | 40.3" | Relatively Low | $160,900 |
| 43 | Craig County | 40.5" | Relatively Low | $132,900 |
| 44 | Nowata County | 40.5" | Very Low | $121,900 |
| 45 | Johnston County | 41.4" | Very Low | $110,700 |
| 46 | Marshall County | 41.4" | Relatively Low | $139,700 |
| 47 | Pontotoc County | 41.5" | Relatively Low | $170,500 |
| 48 | Carter County | 41.8" | Relatively Low | $153,500 |
| 49 | Murray County | 41.8" | Very Low | $154,900 |
| 50 | Creek County | 42.1" | Relatively Moderate | $170,900 |
| 51 | Okmulgee County | 42.1" | Relatively Low | $114,600 |
| 52 | Tulsa County | 42.1" | Relatively High | $213,500 |
| 53 | Hughes County | 42.6" | Very Low | $94,900 |
| 54 | Pittsburg County | 42.6" | Relatively Low | $146,300 |
| 55 | Love County | 42.8" | Very Low | $167,500 |
| 56 | Haskell County | 43.2" | Very Low | $122,300 |
| 57 | McIntosh County | 43.2" | Relatively Low | $135,800 |
| 58 | Muskogee County | 43.2" | Relatively Moderate | $138,800 |
| 59 | Wagoner County | 43.2" | Relatively Low | $216,000 |
| 60 | Okfuskee County | 43.5" | Very Low | $110,800 |
| 61 | Seminole County | 43.5" | Relatively Low | $91,200 |
| 62 | Mayes County | 44.7" | Relatively Low | $171,900 |
| 63 | Bryan County | 45.3" | Relatively Low | $163,700 |
| 64 | Osage County | 45.3" | Relatively Low | $172,300 |
| 65 | Coal County | 45.6" | Very Low | $92,500 |
| 66 | Atoka County | 45.7" | Very Low | $138,000 |
| 67 | Ottawa County | 45.8" | Relatively Low | $114,300 |
| 68 | Rogers County | 45.9" | Relatively Low | $222,200 |
| 69 | Adair County | 47.0" | Relatively Low | $111,500 |
| 70 | Le Flore County | 47.3" | Relatively Moderate | $121,600 |
| 71 | Sequoyah County | 47.4" | Relatively Low | $127,500 |
| 72 | Choctaw County | 47.9" | Relatively Low | $119,700 |
| 73 | Pushmataha County | 47.9" | Very Low | $116,800 |
| 74 | Delaware County | 49.5" | Relatively Moderate | $164,900 |
| 75 | Latimer County | 50.9" | Very Low | $103,300 |
| 76 | Cherokee County | 51.0" | Relatively Low | $160,300 |
| 77 | McCurtain County | 55.1" | Relatively Low | $126,100 |
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 Oklahoma