Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1947 1-Month |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
-0.47" (-11.94mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1955 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
|
Dec 1946–Jan 1947 2-Month |
6.80" (172.72mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
-0.66" (-16.76mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1981 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Jan 1947 3-Month |
7.95" (201.93mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
-3.54" (-89.92mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1981 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1946–Jan 1947 4-Month |
9.26" (235.20mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
-5.74" (-145.80mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 2002 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Jan 1947 5-Month |
13.04" (331.22mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
-5.75" (-146.05mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1909 | 2002 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1946–Jan 1947 6-Month |
20.41" (518.41mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
-2.27" (-57.66mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1985 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
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Jul 1946–Jan 1947 7-Month |
23.68" (601.47mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
-2.66" (-67.57mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1981 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1946–Jan 1947 8-Month |
27.44" (696.98mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-2.52" (-64.00mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1946–Jan 1947 9-Month |
33.13" (841.50mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1965 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
Apr 1946–Jan 1947 10-Month |
35.74" (907.80mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
-1.67" (-42.41mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1946–Jan 1947 11-Month |
37.37" (949.20mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
-3.99" (-101.34mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1946–Jan 1947 12-Month |
40.56" (1,030.22mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
-4.05" (-102.87mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1945–Jan 1947 18-Month |
64.02" (1,626.11mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
-3.20" (-81.28mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1945–Jan 1947 24-Month |
91.08" (2,313.43mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
1.88" (47.75mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1944–Jan 1947 36-Month |
134.21" (3,408.93mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1967 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1943–Jan 1947 48-Month |
171.81" (4,363.97mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
-6.69" (-169.93mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1967 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1942–Jan 1947 60-Month |
218.88" (5,559.55mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
-4.17" (-105.92mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1967 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/