Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1948
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1948 1-Month |
4.24" (107.70mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1955 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1947–Jan 1948 2-Month |
7.43" (188.72mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1981 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Jan 1948 3-Month |
12.69" (322.33mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1981 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1947–Jan 1948 4-Month |
14.60" (370.84mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
-0.40" (-10.16mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 2002 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1926 | ||||||
|
Sep 1947–Jan 1948 5-Month |
17.76" (451.10mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
-1.03" (-26.17mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 2002 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1947–Jan 1948 6-Month |
19.90" (505.46mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
-2.78" (-70.61mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1985 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1904 | ||||||
|
Jul 1947–Jan 1948 7-Month |
24.44" (620.78mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
-1.90" (-48.26mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1981 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Jun 1947–Jan 1948 8-Month |
28.19" (716.03mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-1.77" (-44.95mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1947–Jan 1948 9-Month |
32.58" (827.53mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
-0.97" (-24.64mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1965 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1947–Jan 1948 10-Month |
37.22" (945.39mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
-0.19" (-4.82mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1947–Jan 1948 11-Month |
40.47" (1,027.94mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
-0.89" (-22.60mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1947–Jan 1948 12-Month |
42.49" (1,079.25mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
-2.12" (-53.84mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1946–Jan 1948 18-Month |
62.90" (1,597.66mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
-4.32" (-109.73mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1946–Jan 1948 24-Month |
83.05" (2,109.47mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
-6.15" (-156.21mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1945–Jan 1948 36-Month |
133.57" (3,392.68mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
-0.24" (-6.09mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1967 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1944–Jan 1948 48-Month |
176.70" (4,488.18mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1967 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1943–Jan 1948 60-Month |
214.30" (5,443.22mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
-8.75" (-222.25mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1967 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 1, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/