Rainfall is one of those facts about a city that sounds trivial until it isn’t.
Too much rain strains infrastructure, inflates insurance costs, and quietly reshapes housing demand. Too little precipitation forces trade-offs around water, growth, and who gets to stay. Across the U.S., the gap between the wettest and driest cities is vast.
Using real estate firm Redfin’s rankings of cities with the most rainy days and the lowest annual rainfall totals, these 10 locations show just how uneven the country’s climate really is, depending on where you land.