Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1938 1-Month |
3.22" (81.79mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1984 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1938 2-Month |
12.18" (309.37mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
4.60" (116.84mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1968 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1938 3-Month |
19.66" (499.36mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
8.42" (213.86mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1949 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1938 4-Month |
23.52" (597.41mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
8.69" (220.73mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1964 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1938 5-Month |
26.56" (674.62mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
7.83" (198.88mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1938 6-Month |
28.99" (736.35mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
6.33" (160.79mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1938 7-Month |
31.25" (793.75mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
5.38" (136.65mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1957 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1938 8-Month |
35.69" (906.53mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
6.18" (156.98mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1957 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1937–Aug 1938 9-Month |
39.05" (991.87mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
5.71" (145.03mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1937–Aug 1938 10-Month |
44.80" (1,137.92mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
7.44" (188.98mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1984 | ||||
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Oct 1937–Aug 1938 11-Month |
49.46" (1,256.28mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
8.58" (217.93mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2006 | ||||
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Sep 1937–Aug 1938 12-Month |
53.89" (1,368.81mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
9.23" (234.45mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1937–Aug 1938 18-Month |
77.88" (1,978.15mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
10.65" (270.51mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1936–Aug 1938 24-Month |
101.90" (2,588.26mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
12.69" (322.33mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1935–Aug 1938 36-Month |
147.93" (3,757.42mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
14.08" (357.63mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1934–Aug 1938 48-Month |
192.11" (4,879.59mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
13.64" (346.45mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1933–Aug 1938 60-Month |
238.67" (6,062.22mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
15.60" (396.24mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2009 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/