Some watering stats to know:  47% of ranked cities receive less than 3 inches of rain per month, well under the 4 to 6 inches most lawn grasses need monthly.
 6 cities spend over 1% of household income on water, 3 in Texas.
 26 cities see over 5 inches of monthly rain; 80% are in Florida.
 87% of cities with 300 or more days in the growing season are in Florida or California (127 out of 146).
How do the 10 largest population centers stack up for lawn watering costs? (1st = most expensive) - Phoenix: 13th
- San Antonio: 80th
- San Diego: 151st
- Los Angeles: 202nd
- Houston: 209th
- Fort Worth: 221st
- Dallas: 290th
- Philadelphia: 452nd
- Chicago: 475th
- New York City: 497th
Key insights: Arizona dominates the top of the ranking, locking in 12 of the 15 priciest spots for lawn watering, including Buckeye (No. 1), Yuma (No. 4), and Tucson (No. 5), while California soaks up 51% of the top 100 with Bakersfield (No. 11) and Visalia (No. 17) leading the Golden State. Cities across states like Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan, including Akron, Ohio (No. 491), Boston (No. 496), Syracuse (No. 466), and Ann Arbor, Michigan (No. 442) finish in the bottom 100, thanks to frequent rain, milder summers, and lower grass watering requirements.
Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico face the lowest precipitation rates, each getting less than 1 inch of rain per month. Among California’s 178 ranked cities, 13 fall below the 1-inch mark, along with Yakima, Washington (No. 44), and 3 Idaho cities.
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