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