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Annual Rainfall for U.S. States I was playing a trivia game and the question was "Which U.S. state gets the least annual rainfall?" My answer was "Rhode Island," which most people think is pretty funny. (O.K., so the question should have said "the least annual rainfall per unit area," but it didn't.) So I decided to try to find out which U.S. state really does get the least total annual rainfall. I found the area of each state in square miles and the average annual rainfall, in inches, for selected cities in each state. To get the units consistent, I convert the rainfall from inches to miles. Then I multiply the area by the rainfall to get the cubic miles of annual rainfall for the state. Admittedly, this is not perfect. For example, the only rainfall figure I have for Alaska is for Juneau, which is much wetter than the rest of the state. (In fact, I think Alaska was the answer the game had for the state with the least annual rainfall. Much of the state is very dry.) Still, I think the figures make a pretty good case for Rhode Island getting the least rainfall. Judge for yourself. State Area - (sq. mi.) Rainfall - (in./yr.) - Rainfall (mi./yr.) - Rainfall (cu. mi./yr.) Alabama 51,609 56.90 0.0008980 46.3471 Alaska 586,412 53.15 0.0008389 491.9160 Arizona 113,909 7.11 0.0001122 12.7824 Arkansas 53,104 49.20 0.0007765 41.2361 California 158,693 17.28 0.0002727 43.2799 Colorado 104,247 15.31 0.0002416 25.1897 Connecticut 5,009 44.39 0.0007006 3.5093 Delaware 2,057 41.38 0.0006531 1.3434 Florida 58,560 49.91 0.0007877 46.1289 Georgia 58,876 48.61 0.0007672 45.1699 Hawaii 6,450 23.47 0.0003704 2.3892 Idaho 83,557 11.71 0.0001848 15.4427 Illinois 56,400 33.34 0.0005262 29.6777 Indiana 36,291 39.12 0.0006174 22.4069 Iowa 56,290 34.71 0.0005478 30.8369 Kansas 82,264 28.61 0.0004515 37.1460 Kentucky 40,409 43.56 0.0006875 27.7812 Louisiana 48,523 59.74 0.0009429 45.7507 Maine 33,215 43.52 0.0006869 22.8143 Maryland 10,577 41.84 0.0006604 6.9846 Massachusetts 8,257 43.84 0.0006919 5.7132 Michigan 58,216 32.23 0.0005086 29.6088 Minnesota 84,068 26.36 0.0004160 34.9753 Mississippi 47,716 52.82 0.0008336 39.7784 Missouri 69,686 33.91 0.0005352 37.2956 Montana 147,138 11.37 0.0001795 26.4040 Nebraska 77,227 30.34 0.0004789 36.9802 Nevada 110,540 7.87 0.0001242 13.7303 New Hampshire 9,304 36.53 0.0005765 5.3642 New Jersey 7,836 41.93 0.0006618 80.5154 New Mexico 121,666 8.91 0.0001406 6.9716 New York 49,576 39.28 0.0006199 32.6007 North Carolina 52,586 42.46 0.0006701 35.2399 North Dakota 70,665 15.36 0.0002424 17.1309 Ohio 41,222 37.77 0.0005961 24.5732 Oklahoma 69,919 30.89 0.0004875 34.0877 Oregon 96,981 37.39 0.0005901 57.2304 Pennsylvania 45,333 40.26 0.0006353 28.8018 Rhode Island 1,214 41.91 0.0006615 0.8030 South Carolina 31,055 51.59 0.0008142 25.2861 South Dakota 77,047 17.47 0.0002756 21.2378 Tennessee 42,244 48.49 0.0007653 32.3297 Texas 267,338 34.70 0.0005477 146.4114 Utah 84,916 15.31 0.0002416 20.5187 Vermont 9,609 33.69 0.0005317 5.1093 Virginia 40,817 45.22 0.0007137 29.1311 Washington 68,192 27.66 0.0004365 29.7640 West Virginia 24,181 40.74 0.0006430 15.5482 Wisconsin 56,154 30.89 0.0004875 27.3768 Wyoming 97,914 13.31 0.0002101 20.5687