Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1939
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1939 1-Month |
2.73" (69.34mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
-0.91" (-23.12mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1955 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1992 | ||||||
|
Dec 1938–Jan 1939 2-Month |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
-1.29" (-32.76mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1981 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1938–Jan 1939 3-Month |
9.43" (239.52mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
-2.06" (-52.33mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1981 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1938–Jan 1939 4-Month |
12.00" (304.80mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
-3.00" (-76.20mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1929 | 2002 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1938–Jan 1939 5-Month |
21.83" (554.48mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
3.04" (77.21mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 2002 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1938–Jan 1939 6-Month |
25.05" (636.27mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
2.37" (60.20mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1985 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1938–Jan 1939 7-Month |
34.01" (863.85mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
7.67" (194.81mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1981 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1938–Jan 1939 8-Month |
41.49" (1,053.85mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
11.53" (292.87mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1965 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1938–Jan 1939 9-Month |
45.35" (1,151.89mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
11.80" (299.72mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1965 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1938–Jan 1939 10-Month |
48.39" (1,229.11mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
10.98" (278.90mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1966 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1938–Jan 1939 11-Month |
50.82" (1,290.83mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
9.46" (240.29mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1966 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1938–Jan 1939 12-Month |
53.08" (1,348.23mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
8.47" (215.14mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1966 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1937–Jan 1939 18-Month |
80.84" (2,053.34mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
13.62" (345.95mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1966 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1937–Jan 1939 24-Month |
101.87" (2,587.50mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
12.67" (321.82mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1966 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1936–Jan 1939 36-Month |
151.32" (3,843.53mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
17.51" (444.76mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1967 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1935–Jan 1939 48-Month |
191.30" (4,859.02mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
12.80" (325.12mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1967 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1934–Jan 1939 60-Month |
238.59" (6,060.19mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
15.54" (394.72mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1967 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/