Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, December 1917
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1917 1-Month |
2.61" (66.29mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-1.23" (-31.25mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1943 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1917 2-Month |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
-4.37" (-111.00mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1917 3-Month |
9.25" (234.95mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
-2.10" (-53.34mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1924 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1917 4-Month |
10.88" (276.35mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
-4.25" (-107.95mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1908 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1917 5-Month |
16.11" (409.19mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
-2.93" (-74.43mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2001 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1917 6-Month |
18.14" (460.76mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
-4.58" (-116.33mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1965 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1917 7-Month |
23.14" (587.76mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
-3.23" (-82.04mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1949 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1917 8-Month |
27.29" (693.17mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-2.67" (-67.81mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1965 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1917 9-Month |
29.78" (756.41mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
-4.08" (-103.63mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1965 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1917 10-Month |
34.07" (865.38mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
-3.72" (-94.49mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1965 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1917 11-Month |
36.64" (930.66mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
-4.37" (-110.99mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1965 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1917 12-Month |
39.77" (1,010.16mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
-4.88" (-123.95mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1965 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1916–Dec 1917 18-Month |
59.55" (1,512.57mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
-7.80" (-198.12mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1965 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1916–Dec 1917 24-Month |
82.45" (2,094.23mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
-6.82" (-173.23mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1965 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1915–Dec 1917 36-Month |
127.14" (3,229.36mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
-6.69" (-169.92mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1966 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1914–Dec 1917 48-Month |
163.50" (4,152.90mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
-14.93" (-379.22mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1966 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1913–Dec 1917 60-Month |
204.72" (5,199.89mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
-18.40" (-467.36mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1966 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/