Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1946 1-Month |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
-0.38" (-9.66mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1955 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1945–Jan 1946 2-Month |
8.77" (222.76mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1981 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Jan 1946 3-Month |
15.04" (382.02mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
3.55" (90.17mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1981 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1945–Jan 1946 4-Month |
17.90" (454.66mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 2002 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Jan 1946 5-Month |
20.16" (512.06mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
1.37" (34.79mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 2002 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1945–Jan 1946 6-Month |
23.46" (595.88mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1985 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1945–Jan 1946 7-Month |
28.45" (722.63mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
2.11" (53.59mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1981 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1945–Jan 1946 8-Month |
34.61" (879.09mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1965 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1945–Jan 1946 9-Month |
40.23" (1,021.84mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
6.68" (169.67mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1965 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1945–Jan 1946 10-Month |
44.40" (1,127.76mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
6.99" (177.55mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1945–Jan 1946 11-Month |
46.55" (1,182.37mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
5.19" (131.83mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1945–Jan 1946 12-Month |
50.52" (1,283.21mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
5.91" (150.12mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1944–Jan 1946 18-Month |
73.63" (1,870.20mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
6.41" (162.81mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1944–Jan 1946 24-Month |
93.65" (2,378.71mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
4.45" (113.03mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1974 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Feb 1943–Jan 1946 36-Month |
131.25" (3,333.75mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
-2.56" (-65.02mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1967 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1942–Jan 1946 48-Month |
178.32" (4,529.33mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1967 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1941–Jan 1946 60-Month |
211.81" (5,379.97mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
-11.24" (-285.50mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1967 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2012 | ||||
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/